Leopold Godowsky | Articles

(1870-1938)

"No lapidary ever practiced his craft with more finesse than did Leopold Godowsky the art of music. With fastidious precision Godowsky set to paper a great series of original works, transcriptions and paraphrases. To look at them is to be hypnotized by their complex perfection; to hear them is to experience romantic pianism at its outer limits." - Frank Cooper

Articles About Godowsky

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Adler, Clarence. "Unusual Disciple and Master."
        The New York Times (July 1953)

Adler, Clarence. "Leopold Godowsky: Always Gloves Over the Steel."
        The Piano Teacher (July-August 1963)

Adler, Clarence. "The International Godowsky Society."
        Musical Courier (1953)

Brune, Adolph. "Godowsky's Chopin Studies: Their Technique and Aesthetic."
        Music (November 1899-April 1900)

Cooke, Francis. "The Genius of Leopold Godowsky."
        The Etude (April 1953)

Godowsky, Leopold. "How to Develop an Octave Technique."
        Music (November 1896-April 1897)

Godowsky, Leopold. "Self-Study in the Art of Music."
        The Etude (January 1928)

Godowsky, Leopold. "Background in Music Study."
        The Etude (June 1936)

Hinderer, J.G. "We Attend Godowsky's Master Class."
        The Musician (July 1933)

Hodgson, Leslie. "Godowsky: Great Musical Mind and Personality."
        Musical America (December 1938)

Huneker, James Gibbons. "A Brahma of the Keyboard--Leopold Godowsky."
        The New York Times (April 1919)

Mathews, William Smythe Babcock "Godowsky, Pianist and Composer."
        Music (May-October 1896)

J.L.H. "Godowsky Would Create New Musical Headquarters Here."
        Musical America (November 1912)

W.F.G., ed. "Bachaus Advises Bach."
        The Musician (November 1914)

Hagel, Byron. "Godowsky's First Recital Attracts Overflow Audience."
        Musical Courier (October 1915)

Osgood, H.O. "Johann Sebastian Godowsky."
        Musical Courier (May 1924)

H.F.P. "Godowsky's Technic Amazes Hearers."
        Musical America (December 1912)

Rosenfeld, Maurice. "Godowsky Shows Mastery of Keys."
        Musical Courier (January 1914)

Sanders, Herbert. "Godowsky's Hints to Pianists."
        ?? (??)

Sorabji, Kaikhosru. "Music."
        The New Age (May 1928)

Sprague, Marshall. "Godowsky Goes 4,000 Miles in Vain to Verify His Birth."
        New York Herald Tribune (November 1935)

Spry, Walter. "Contemporary Pianists---Busoni, Bauer and Godowsky."
        The Musician (??)

Thomajan, P.K. "Leopold Godowsky: A Temperament-Silhouette."
        The Musician (June 1934)
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"Review of Steinway Hall Performance."
         Musical Times (July 1890)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (November 1895)

"Review of Chicago Performance."
         Musical Courier (January 1896)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (Febraury 1896)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (November 1896)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (December 1896)

"Among the Players: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Review."
         ?? (January 1897)

"The Story of Leopold Godowsky."
         Music (November 1897-Arpil 1898)

"Mr. Godowsky's Sixth Recital."
         Music (May-October 1898)

"Studebaker Hall."
         Inter-Ocean (December 1898)

"Godowsky, Original Compositions."
         Music (May-October 1899)

"Some Chopin Arrangements by Godowsky."
         Music (May-October 1899)

"Godowsky in the West."
         Music (May-October 1899)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (June 1900)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (January 1901)

"Editorial Bric-a-Brac."
         Music (May 1901)

"Godowsky in Berlin."
         Music (December 1901-September 1902)

"Review: Godowsky Plays Blackstone."
         The Musical Times (1901)

"Godowsky Sonata Heard in Vienna."
         Musical America (December 1910)

"Review of Vienna Performance."
         Musical Courier (December 1910)

"Godowsky's Plan for America."
         Musical America (November 1912)

"The Symphony Concert."
         ?? (January 1914)

"Mr. Godowsky's Recital."
         The New York Times (March 1914)

"The Thrilling and Lachrymose Story of Godowsky."
         International Music and Drama Weekly (September 1915)

"Godowsky Finds Himself By Mail."
         The New York Times (September 8, 1915)

"Godowsky Carried $160,000 Insurance."
         The New York Times (September 6, 1915)

"No Godowsky Clue; His Wife Collapses."
         The New York Times (September 5, 1915)

"Godowsky's Note Found."
         ?? (September 1915)

"Godowsky Sues a Hotel."
         ?? (March 1925)

"Surprise Dinner Marks Sixty-Fifth Birthday of Leopold Godowsky."
         Musical America (February 1935)

"Trying a New Electric Pipeless Organ."
         Musical America (February 1935)

"Godowsky Music Heard."
         Musical America (May 1936)

"Leaders of Music Honor Godowsky."
         The New York Times (November 24, 1938)

"Godowsky, Noted Pianist, Dies."
         Musical America (November 1938)

"Godowsky Master, Says De Pachmann."
         The New York Times (October 30, 1911)

"Godowsky's Son Weds a Former Showgirl."
         The New York Times (February 16, 1928)

"Godowsky is Bitten by Dog in Passing Car."
         The New York Times (October 4, 1933)

"His Stand Against Caruso."
         The New York Times (February 8, 1915)

"Godowsky Artist's Guest."
         The New York Times (September 10, 1915)

"Godowsky Utters Kind Word on Jazz."
         The New York Times (October 10, 1924)

"Godowsky Refuses to Play for French."
         The New York Times (November 9, 1915)