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Landowska

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Lan·dow·ska  (ln-dôfsk, län-dôfskä), Wanda 1879?-1959.
Polish-born harpsichordist who was largely responsible for the modern revival of interest in the harpsichord.
Landowska (Polish) [lanˈdɔfska]
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(Biographies / Landowska, Wanda (1877-1959) F, USnational of birth: Polish, MUSIC: harpsichordist) Wanda (ˈvanda). 1877-1959, US harpsichordist, born in Poland
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Noun1.Landowska - United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959)
Wanda Landowska


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Wanda Landowska, the great harpsichordist, once said, 'I never practice.
THE ROAD TO BRILLIANCE NBC PRESENTS BOB HOPE AT HIS BEST - OFF THE ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The fact that I'm gay isn't remarkable," says Schenkman, adding that Wanda Landowska, the 20th century's premier harpsichordist, was a lesbian.
Byron Schenkman by Cruger, Roberta / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
That is, until they were performed and recorded in 1933 by Polish harpsichordist Wanda Landowska on her specially built Pleyel instrument that sounded like a jangly upright piano.
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