Wanda Landowska



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 (1933).

Quotes

 * I never practice, I always play.
 * Time 1 December 1952


 * You play Bach your way and I'll play him his way.
 * The Wordsworth Dictionary of Musical Quotations (1994), p. 110 ISBN 1-85326-327-3