Wanda Aleksandra Landowska was a Polish and French harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century.
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Leonid Pasternak. Concert of Wanda Landowska in Moscow (1907), a pastel from the Tretyakov Gallery.
Landowska in 1953
Landowska playing the piano
Landowska's favored instrument, the Pleyel Grand Modèle de Concert (1927) Berlin: Musikinstrumentenmuseum![A favourite 16th-century Landowska harpsichord from her collection, with painting on lid, presently housed in the Hans Adler memorial music collection.[23]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/16th_Century_Harpsichord%2C_an_early_favourite_of_Wanda_Landowska.jpg/1280px-16th_Century_Harpsichord%2C_an_early_favourite_of_Wanda_Landowska.jpg)
A favourite 16th-century Landowska harpsichord from her collection, with painting on lid, presently housed in the Hans Adler memorial music collection.[23]Awards 1
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Wanda Aleksandra Landowska was a Polish and French harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord in 1933. She became a naturalized French citizen in 1938.
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