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	Leopold Godowsky - Biography
		Godowsky was born on 13 February 1870, the only child of Anna and Matthew Godowsky, in Sozly, a little town not far from Wilno, the ancient capital of Lithuania.
		Godowsky made his first public appearance at the age of nine in Wilno, and soon afterwards, under the enthusiastic auspices of his adopted father Louis Passinock, made his first tour as a piano wunderkind.
		Leopold Godowsky was a unique figure among all his contemporaries: a phenomenal pianist and musician of the most exceptional attributes...
	www.godowsky.com /Biography/bio.html (4290 words)

	Marston Records - Complete Leopold Godowsky, Vol. 1
		Leopold Godowsky was born in 1870 in the small town of Sozly, near Vilna (now Vilnius), at the confluence of the Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian borders.
		Godowsky, in fact, believed it was a performer’s duty to know by memory every single note and marking in a score, and he was known to explode in anger when he felt a performer had neglected his duty in this area.
		Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938), known to pianophiles as “The Buddha of the Keyboard” and “The Apostle of the Left Hand,” was one of the great geniuses in pianistic history, earning the highest esteem as both performer and composer.
	www.marstonrecords.com /godowsky/godowsky_liner.htm (2334 words)

	Leopold Godowsky Biography - famous Leopold Godowsky Classical collection and Leopold Godowsky Music Reviews.
		Godowsky went, but three months was enough for him at which point the thirteen-year-old left Berlin for America with his mother and Passinock.
		Unfortunately Godowsky was not asked to record any of his own compositions that he played at the London concerts, and the few Schubert song transcriptions that Columbia did ask him to record have not survived; in 1926 he recorded two of these transcriptions for Brunswick, and a marvellous performance of Liszt’s Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto.
		Godowsky was, without doubt, one of the greatest of pianists, but it should be borne in mind that his recordings really give only an indication of the vast talent he possessed.
	www.naxos.com /artistinfo/19513.htm (1208 words)

	Leopold Godowsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leopold Godowsky (Leopold Godowski) (February 13, 1870–November 21, 1938), was a famed pianist, composer, and teacher.
		Godowsky's pedagogical activity began in 1890 at the New York College of Music.
		After the war, Godowsky resumed touring, but a stroke he suffered June 17, 1930, during a recording session in London, put an end to his public performances, and made it impossible for him to recoup the considerable financial loss he had suffered in the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leopold_Godowsky (718 words)

	Invent Now \| Hall of Fame \| Search \| Inventor Profile
		and Leopold Mannes, affectionately known by colleagues and friends as "God and Man," were professional musicians who performed together as violinist and pianist and who enjoyed photography as a hobby.
		As a classical concert violinist Godowsky also performed as soloist and as first violinist of the San Francisco and the Los Angeles Symphonies.
		Godowsky continued research into the 1950s, improving the process for Kodak in his own laboratory in Westport, Connecticut.
	www.invent.org /hall_of_fame/233.html (261 words)

	Marston Records - The Complete Leopold Godowsky vol. 2
		Godowsky the composer was capable of the insouciant flamboyance of his metamorphoses on “Fledermaus” themes, or the diabolically clever “Badinage,” his combination of Chopin’s two G-flat Etudes.
		Godowsky emphasizes neither dominant nor tonic, playing the left hand with marvelous smoothness but very little shape, and for this reason alone his approach is less interesting than his peers’, despite the right hand’s elegance.
		Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938) was one of the great geniuses in the history of piano, earning the highest esteem as both performer and composer.
	www.marstonrecords.com /godowsky2/godowsky2_liner.htm (2457 words)

	Leopold Godowsky: Biography - Classic Cat
		Leopold Godowsky (Leopold Godowski) (February 13, 1870–November 21, 1938), was a famed pianist, composer, and teacher.
		After the war, Godowsky resumed touring, but a stroke he suffered June 17, 1930, during a recording session in London, put an end to his public performances, and made it impossible for him to recoup the considerable financial loss he had suffered in the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
		He was also survived by his daughter, the actress Dagmar Godowsky (1896-1975), who during the 1920s appeared as a co-lead in various Hollywood silent movies, even together with Rudolph Valentino.
	www.classiccat.net /godowsky_l/biography.htm (760 words)

	Leopold Godowski
		Godowsky wasn't an artist with a spontaneous character, as was instead, for instance, a man like Anton Rubistein.
		During the last years of his life, Godowsky was sick and for this reason he ceased any concert performance and totally devoted himself to the teaching.
		Leopold Godowsky, the greatest contemporary pianist, passed away staying a good and honest friend of Soviet Union, and a lively and tireless anti-fascist.
	www.neuhaus.it /english/godowski.html (754 words)

	Leopold Godowsky, Vol. III - $35.90 - from Norbeck, Peters & Ford
		Schubert, Schubert-Tausig, Schubert-Godowsky, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grieg, Verdi-Liszt, Rubinstein, Sinding, Macdowell, Chaminade, Tchaikowsky, Rachmaninoff & Godowsky; Godowsky compositions on contemporaneous early recordings, incl.
		"Ward Marston’s exemplary transfers bring [Godowsky’s] piano sound forward (the ear soon adjusts to the background sizzle) affording the limited acoustic piano tone a greater depth and richness.This superbly presented and annotated release...is of immense value and interest to pianophiles in particular.
		LEOPOLD GODOWSKY: Chopin, Verdi-Liszt, Schubert-Godowsky, Beethoven, Grieg & Schumann (the latter’s Carnaval).
	www.norpete.com /main/product.asp?prodcode=p0499 (200 words)

	Leopold GODOWSKY - some information about the composer
		Essentially the “pianist’s pianist,” Godowsky’s reputation was built on a small number of cult-circulated recordings and by word-of-mouth reports of his private performances.
		Godowsky’s “original” music — if we dare apply this outdated concept to his work — is copious and remains an underexplored delight for audiences and pianists.
		This book, cramming all that was essential about Godowsky’s life in the margins, chats on impertinently, creating one the the silliest, most pleasureable self-accounts in history.
	helpsweb.free.fr /Pages/godowsky.htm (478 words)

	Leopold GODOWSKY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As a composer of original works, Godowsky is more interesting, for example the way he shaped music heard on an Asian tour into his Java Suite, resulting in pieces far ahead of his time.
		Farewell-sky." Most of Godowsky's recordings are correct but extremely dull from their being overly- cautious.
		Godowsky will remain an enigma whose true art only escaped from privacy for a few moments, leaving a trail of bland performing as a false representation of his capabilities
	www.arbiterrecords.com /musicresourcecenter/godowsky.html (166 words)

	Leopold Godowsky - MSN Encarta
		Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938), Polish American pianist and composer, one of the outstanding piano virtuosos of his era.
		After 1891 he lived mainly in the U.S. He taught in Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago and also in Vienna (1909-14).
		Godowsky was acclaimed for his brilliant piano technique.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570390/Godowsky_Leopold.html (120 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Composer - Pianists: Music: Leopold Godowsky,Alexander Scriabin,Johann Sebastian Bach,Marc-André ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Composer: Leopold Godowsky, Alexander Scriabin, Johann Sebastian Bach
		Using Busoni's ambitious Bach Fantasia as a hub, Hamelin spins outwards exploring some of the most interesting and under-rated music written for the paino, exploring some lesser known pieces by the familiar composers Rachmaninoff and Scriabin.
		Contrasting the virtuosity of Godowsky and Hamelin's own etudes with the reflective serenity of some Feinberg, Sorabji and Scriabin, the record displays a sophistication rarely found in piano compilations.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000009PZ3/thealkansocie-21 (480 words)

	Leopold Godowsky Collection - Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)
		Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was one of the great piano virtuosos at the turn of the century, who wrote works of such technical difficulty that they have been mastered by few pianists.
		The collection contains manuscripts of original compositions by Godowsky, and transcriptions of works by Bach, Schubert, and Weber.
		Original gift of Leopold Godowsky, Jr., and later of Mrs.
	www.loc.gov /performingarts/encyclopedia/collections/godowsky.html (116 words)

	Amazon.ca: Comp Studies On Chopins Etudes: Music: Leopold Godowsky,Marc-André Hamelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Godowsky's 53 studies are some of the most difficult piano pieces ever written, requiring performers to dissect, reverse hand positions, and dramatically change the tempo of Chopin's well-loved compositions (not to mention his 22 transcriptions of the Études to be played by left hand alone!).
		Even without considering wheather Godowsky is a great composer or not (Indeed I find him an excelent composer, people who say the contrary is because don't know the "other" really original pieces that Godowsky composed.).
		Godowsky devoted his entire life to developing the extreme pianism.His pieces often say: "Unplayable" as his impromptus (like some of Liszt).
	www.amazon.ca /Studies-Chopins-Etudes-Leopold-Godowsky/dp/B00004S3BF (2007 words)

	Leopold Godowsky - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Leopold Godowsky - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Leopold, Aldo (1887-1948), American naturalist, conservationist, and philosopher of profound importance to the environmental movement.
		Leopold I (Holy Roman Empire) (1640-1705), Holy Roman emperor (1658-1705), king of Bohemia (1656-1705), and king of Hungary (1655-1687), who...
	encarta.msn.com /Leopold_Godowsky.html (93 words)

	My Music Section
		Godowsky managed to transcribe all Chopin's Etudes, composing "the most difficult piano solo pieces ever".
		Godowsky Etudes -- there are some "incomplete" Godowsky Etude scores and midi available.
		Since the original is in large print I am working on printing them with size of 85% of the original, and prepare for the sheetmusic again for the complete collection.
	www.geocities.com /alanchan1048576/mus/godowsky.html (523 words)

	[Reader-list] Leopold Godowsky
		The Wall St Crash ruined Godowsky for good and a year later he suffered a stroke that ended his piano career.
		One of Godowsky's close friends was Albert Einstein.
		His daughter, Dagmar, tells this story about Einstein's reaction to Godowsky's death: "Father had had a barber named Caruso, who worshipped Einstein, and when he discovered that Pa and he were close friends, he begged to meet him.
	mail.sarai.net /pipermail/reader-list/2004-July/003972.html (446 words)

	Amazon.com: Godowsky: Schubert Transcriptions: Music: Leopold Godowsky,Konstantin Scherbakov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Leopold Godowsky: Transcriptions of Bach Cello Suites Nos.
		All the music here is based on music of Schubert and all but one of the pieces is a fairly straightforward transcription of his music by pianist/composer Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938).
		Godowsky's elaboration makes the song all the more insouciant by adding crushed notes and leggerissimo arpeggios.
	www.amazon.com /Godowsky-Schubert-Transcriptions-Leopold/dp/B0000AE7AQ (980 words)

	Leopold Godowsky Partituras
		Godowsky Collection, Volume 2 -Transcriptions, Arrangements And Cadenzas Arranged by Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938).
		Leopold Godowsky Miniatures with CD Performing Artist Series By Leopold Godowsky.
		Leopold Godowsky Miniatures Volume Ii with CD Performing Artist Series By Leopold Godowsky.
	www.partituras.ws /godowsky.htm (190 words)

	Music by Leopold Godowsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A trove of hard-to-find scores by the incomparable Leopold Godowsky.
		Of some interest are the Star Spangled Banner, and the Last Waltz, neither of which seem to turn up in the catalogs of works that I've seen.
		CF are issuing a new and pretty complete Godowsky collection.
	web.media.mit.edu /~mike/scores/godowsky/index.html (197 words)

	SoundStage! Leopold Godowsky - Java Suite
		All of their discs have been recorded to the highest standards of the day; most are 20-bit, although the most recent are 24-bit.
		Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938), a Polish-born pianist and composer, was considered a piano prodigy from an early age.
		He claimed that he had no teacher that he could remember, although he did spend time with Camille Saint-Saëns discussing theory.
	www.soundstage.com /music/reviews/rev323.htm (534 words)

	Leopold Godowsky - Welcome
		We include the world's first complete discography of Godowsky recordings, a full list of his compositions, and a discussion of Godowsky's performing career.
		During his lifetime, Leopold Godowsky was noted for his prodigious ability at the piano.
		His virtuosity was matched by his compositional skill, and he wrote some of the most difficult and beautiful works for the keyboard.
	www.godowsky.com /enter.html (98 words)

	Leopold Godowsky Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Early in his career, he performed jointly with his father, Leopold Godowsky, one of the greatest pianists and composers of the early twentieth century.
		The following year, Dr. C.E. Kenneth Mees, founder of the Kodak Research Laboratories, brought Godowsky and Mannes to Rochester, set them up in a lab, and placed experimental scientists at their disposal in order to accelerate their research.
		The Godowsky and Mannes Archives are currently held in the collection of Thurman F. Naylor, Chestnut Hill, MA.
	www.bu.edu /prc/GODOWSKY/godowsk2.htm (238 words)

	Leopold Godowsky \| Classical music composer
		Leopold Godowsky: Godowsky Collection, Vol 4 Composed by Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938).
		As far as I know, almost all these works are no longer commercially available except the studies on the Chopin etudes.
		Godowsky Collection: Original Compositions for Piano Solo, Vol.
	www.classical-composers.org /comp/godowsky (910 words)

	Anecdote - Leopold Godowsky - Dueling Violins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In 1917, the sixteen-year-old violin prodigy Jascha Heifetz made his American debut at Carnegie Hall.
		Among the luminaries in attendance were fellow violinist Mischa Elman and the pianist Leopold Godowsky.
		Godowsky, Leopold (1870-1938) Russian piano virtuoso and composer
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=6755 (195 words)

	Leopold Godowsky on LibraryThing \| Catalog your books online
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		Godowsky: Java Suite; Tansman: Exotique, etc. /Budiardjo 1 copy
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	www.librarything.com /author/godowskyleopold (225 words)

	CD Baby: ADAM ALEKSANDER: Leopold Godowsky: Grand Sonata for Piano in E Minor
		Leopold Godowsky: Grand Sonata for Piano in E Minor
		Rare recording of an epic piano work by great pianist and composer Leopold Godowsky.
		One of the most challenging masterpieces for piano by legendary pianist and composer Leopold Godowsky.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/aleksander2 (391 words)

	Sheet Music publication - Leopold Godowsky Miniatures, Volume Ii Ancient And Modern Dances
		Leopold Godowsky Miniatures, Volume Ii Ancient And Modern Dances
		Volume two of the Godowsky duets features seven dances from the ancient period and seven from Godowsky's modern period.
		Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
	music.netstoreusa.com /elm/WBelm01014cd.shtml (303 words)

	Leopold Godowsky Collection - Manuscripts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Biography: Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was born in Vilnius but spent most his career in the United States and became a naturalized citizen.
		He was friend and associate of a large number of prominent musicians of his time.
		He was a very successful pianist until suffering a stroke in 1930, at which time he turned to composition and arranging other composers' works.
	www.esm.rochester.edu /sibley/specialc/findaids/display.php?id=84 (180 words)

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