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July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959

Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959) was a Polish (later a naturalized French citizen) harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord (1931).

You play Bach your way and I'll play him his way.

Refusing to adapt her technique to suit another Bach specialist. Quoted in Clifton Fadiman The Faber Book of Anecdotes (1985).

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I never practice, I always play.

Wanda Landowska
— Time 1 December 1952

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Wanda Landowska Quotes

July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959

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