Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (died 1938)

Leopold Godowsky

Lithuanian-American pianist and composer (1870–1938)

Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. was a virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher, born in what is now Lithuania to Jewish parents, who became an American citizen in 1891. He was one of the most highly regarded performers of his time, known for his theories concerning the…