Previous posts for January 15th are here: Ivor Novello; Gene Krupa (2020), Salvatore Marchesi (2021), Charo (2022), Jean-Baptiste Faure (2023), and Heinrich Vogl (2024)
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Ruth Slenczynska (b. 15 January 1925) is an American classical pianist.
Carefully Taught
When she was four, she began her piano studies in Europe, later studying with Artur Schnabel, Egon Petri, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. (Slenczynska is Rachmanioff’s last living pupil). – Wikipedia
Raise a cheer, stand up, and doff
Your hats for Ruth Slenczynska, who
Took lessons from Rachmaninoff,
Which in itself is quite a coup,
But add to this her studies with
The likes of Schnabel and Cortot,
And she becomes the stuff of myth. –
The Golden Age’s afterglow.
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