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Extractions: I am not concerned at not being known; I seek to be worthy to be known. -K'ung fu-tzu, quoted by Godowsky in the foreword to his Bach transcriptions I love the piano and those who love the piano. The piano as a medium for expression is a whole world by itself. No other instrument can fill or replace its own say in the world of emotion, sentiment, poetry, imagery and fancy. -Leopold Godowsky in a letter to Maurice Aronson (Paris, 10th July 1931) 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. His father, a respected physician, died in a cholera epidemic only eighteen months after his son's birth. With barely enough money for food and lodgings, Anna and her infant son moved to nearby Schirwinty and thence, at the invitation of her friends Louis and Minna Passinock, to Wilno. Louis's consuming passion was music - a fine amateur violinist who ran a piano shop - and, having no children of his own, set about teaching young Leopold the violin in the hope that he might turn him into a second Paganini. Though his pupil was soon proficient enough to have mastered the solo part of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor it was to the piano that he was instinctively drawn, despite being actively discouraged at first. I would be very glad could I have stated with truth that I was a pupil of [Franz] Liszt or any other great man, but I was not. I have not had three months lessons in my life. I have been told I was playing the piano before I was two. I think, however, an imaginative family perpetrated this story. I cannot vouch for the truth one way or the other. I have had some extraordinary experience, and this may have happened. I do not remember whether anybody taught me the value and meaning of notes and the use of the fingers of the keyboard, or whether I acquired my knowledge in an autodidactic way, but I do remember that I had no help from my fifth year on.
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Extractions: Performing Arts Library International Piano Archives at Maryland The Collection Leopold Godowsky, a composer and pianist, was born in Wilna, Russia on February 13, 1870. Godowsky made his first public performance at the age of 9, which was followed by tours of Russia, Poland and Germany. Five years after his initial appearance, Godowsky toured America for the first time. Throughout his life, Godowsky would tour all over the world from spots in Europe and the U.S. to places like Java, Cuba, Japan and South America. Nicknamed "The Brahma of the Keyboard" by Leon Saxe, Godowsky forged a career that covered a variety of posts, from the director of the Piano Department at the Chicago Conservatory of Music (1895 to 1900) to the Emperor Director at the Piano School of the Imperial Academy of Music in Vienna. Well known as a composer, performer and teacher, Godowsky's life turn took a downward turn in 1930 when he suffered a severe stroke, which rendered him unable to perform. Coupled with financial problems, Godowsky's health sunk him into a depression from which he never fully recovered. Godowsky died in New York City on November 21, 1938. Godowsky summed up the highs and lows of his career aptly when he said "I worked honestly with the highest ideals for my chosen art and beloved instrument. I have accomplished in my field more and greater things than all my contemporary colleagues. Yet real recognition and material benefits were not given to me; but crediting me sparingly and grudgingly, my life ebbed, and now I find myself ill and poor. A few know the importance of my having lived. When I am but a memory my works and my influence will begin to live."
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Extractions: visitors since October, 16th, 2000 A Note by the Editor (V.Voskobojnikov) This 1939 report is an excerpt from the book "Riflessioni, Ricordi, Diari, Lettere" ("Thoughts, recollections, diaries, letters") edited by Valerij Voskobojnikov, Sellerio Editore (in Italian). Leopold Godowsky was one of my friends and my best Teacher, too. I can recollect my first meeting with such a beautiful pianist. Upon suggestion of F.M. Blumenfel'd - one of the estimators of his talent - my father sent me to him in Berlin in order to follow his piano classes. This small, chubby but lively man spoke me in a very plain way. After he heard my performance of the F minor Chopin's Piano Concert, he told me: "You have your own personality, and I will keep it". Godowsky used to talk very little with his pupils during his lessons, and even more seldom about performance techniques. Most of his pupils - coming from any corner of the world - were thinking that the Maestro, the great virtuoso, would have initiated them to the secrets of the technical mastery - but they would have been disappointed. During his lessons Godowsky was talking only about music. This photo of L.Godowsky appears at page 75 of the third volume in Russian language devoted to Neuhaus "Genrich Nejgauz. Vospominanija. Pis'ma. Materialy" ("H. Neuhaus, recollections, letters, papers"), Moscow 1992, edited by Elena Richter, who was one of his pupils.
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Extractions: Speaking of Pianists et al , the purely documentary value of offering his discography in toto A more detailed biographical sketch of Godowsky, along with a works list and discography, may be found at www.godowsky.com . Another useful website is www.leopoldgodowsky.com , which provides further details on many aspects of his life and career. As of 2004, only one full-scale biography has appeared in print: by Jeremy Nicholas (Appian Publications, 1989). Producer: Donald Manildi Audio Conservation: Ward Marston Photographs: Gregor Benko and The International Piano Archives at Maryland Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi The Leopold Godowsky series was made possible through the generosity of the individuals listed below.
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