Landowska
Americannoun
noun
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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
Earlier virtuosos, like Wanda Landowska, Ralph Kirkpatrick, and Mr. Esfahani’s own beloved teacher, Zuzana Ruzickova, were important forces for new music.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2016
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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