Word: wanda
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philharmonic Orchestra, with its second program, fitted an exquisite bit into its season's mosaic. Mme. Wanda Landowska was soloist, played to Josef Willem Mengelberg's accompaniment the Mazort Concerto in E flat, the Finale of his Harpsichord Concerto in D. Critics sat enthralled, spent their dearest words, said nothing worthy of so unique an artist...
Harpsichord Mistress Wanda Landowska was soloist last week at a Manhattan concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She tinkled away at a recently composed novelty by Spanish Maestro Manuel de Falla (Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello), which she had said would be of "austere, aristocratic beauty." All found it muddy; praised her playing of Mozart...
...Warsaw anent his family sent correspondents scurrying to interview his wife (second) at their white stone villa in the village of Suleiopek, 12 miles from the Capital. Tranquil Mme. Pilsudski, who lacks at least half her husband's 63 years, was discovered alone with her two daughters, Hedwig and Wanda, aged six and eight...
Hedwig and Wanda. The Marshal's arrival at Suleiopek precipitated further revelations. To eager news gatherers he confided: "Hedwig's greatest joy is to run barefoot through the forest. Not long ago she ran through some mud and showed me proudly her dirty legs...
...Gropper, sly Art Young with his tongue in his foxy-grandpa cheek. But for the most part they were new hands-economic malcontents and idealists recruited from the younger generation. There were names like Klein, Lozowick, Soglow and Dehn signed to some of the pictures. A young lady called Wanda Gag contributed a startling portrait of "The Tired...