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Godowsky

American  
[guh-dawf-skee, gaw-] / gəˈdɔf ski, gɔ- /

noun

  1. Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.


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But Education Secretary Steven Godowsky noted Thursday that the state already is not penalizing students who opt out of the state assessment.

From Washington Times • Jan. 14, 2016

His mother, Beatrice Ives Welles, was a skilled pianist who had studied with the Polish-born pianist-composer Leopold Godowsky.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2015

This emperor of the keyboard has long ventured through outrageously demanding thickets deep in the borderlands of the repertoire, capturing Godowsky and Busoni, Dukas and Alkan.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2015

You can’t play the Godowsky études without being one.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2011

I had lunch with a fellow called Leopold Godowsky, who is the son of Frances Gershwin, George Gershwin’s sister.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell