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Landowska

American  
[lan-dawf-skuh, -dof-, lahn-dawf-skah] / lænˈdɔf skə, -ˈdɒf-, lɑnˈdɔf skɑ /

noun

  1. Wanda 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.


Landowska British  
/ lanˈdɔfska /

noun

  1. Wanda (ˈvanda). 1877–1959, US harpsichordist, born in Poland

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Wanda Landowska, who was hugely influential in reviving the harpsichord as a concert instrument, was once asked about her approach to making music.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

Journalist Varian Fry, smuggling people out of Vichy France and into Spain — including such celebrated figures as Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall and Wanda Landowska — wrote home, “It’s stimulating to be outside the law.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2022

After a childhood spent in piano lessons, he got into Harvard University and made his way to Paris, where he studied harpsichord with Wanda Landowska and music theory with Nadia Boulanger.

From Washington Post Jan. 8, 2022

In 1911 the brilliant harpsichord pioneer Wanda Landowska discovered the piano languishing in the same drafty monastery where Chopin and Sand had stayed.

From New York Times Nov. 19, 2018

Their changing styles reflected the transition from the metal-framed instruments of the Wanda Landowska generation to the more resonant classical-replica harpsichords, and indeed to more authentic performance practice, with appropriate and stylish ornaments.

From The Guardian Apr. 15, 2013

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