The Romantic Generation
by Charles Rosen
Period: Romantic
Born: Sunday, February 13, 1870 in Wilno, Poland
Died: Monday, November 21, 1938 in New York, New York
(USA)
Nation of Origin: Poland
Major Works:
Piano Works:
The Progressive Series of Piano Lessons
Walzermasken
Polonaise in C Major
Other Information:
Godowsky was born in 1870 in Wilno, Poland which is now Vilnius,
Lithuania. His father was a medical doctor. As a child he
demonstrated unusual talent and he was encouraged by his family to
pursue music. He studied piano and composition. He gave his first
public piano performance in 1879. At the age of 13, he began two
years of study at the High School for Music in Berlin. He first
toured the United States in 1884. He then returned to Europe,
studied in Paris with Saint-Saëns, and toured France and
London. He went back to the U.S. in 1890 where he married Frieda
Saxe in 1901. He lived in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He
continued to be active performing in Europe. In 1909 he taught in
Vienna. In 1914 he returned to the U.S. where he taught and
performed.
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton
(Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive
Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN:
0393098680
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton
& Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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