Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 Page: 3
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Landowska:J-A-C-O-B, from the English.
And you pronounced it earlier--
Ya-kob.
--in Hebrew?
Yes.
Which would be spelled--?
Y-A-K-O-B.
Okay. Now you mentioned that your parents met in
Paris, France, where your mother was--?
Dancing, with Sadler's Wells at that time, a
ballet company, S-A-D-L-E-R-S W-E-L-L-S. They had
become the royal ballet company.
Of--?
Of England.
Of England?
Yes.
Okay.
My father was playing, he was first violinist. I
don't know which orchestra he was with at thattime, but that's how they met; he was playing in
the orchestra.
Earlier, when you mentioned you were born on April
18 or April 19, you indicated you had a twin?
[Quieter voice] Yes.3
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Rosen, Keith & Landowska, Maria. Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989, book, December 21, 1989; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155550/m1/5/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.