Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 Page: 18
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Rosen:
Landowska:
Rosen:
Landowska:[Laughs] Typically I'm a good speller, but I have
a feeling that I've gone off on a few of these!
[Laughs] But he repaired violins. He was doing a
lot of that at this time. And talking to me, all
the time, talking. I would sit on his workbench
and listen to him, and he, he felt--all I can
remember is he did a great deal of talking to me
about politics, but I didn' t know what he was
talking about. But I do remember that there was a
crazy man, and that he would go away in time, that
people would get tired of it, get him out of
power.
Do you remember when your father lost his job?
[Pauses] It's probably around 1936 or 1937, in
there. I think 1937.
In the meantime, did your mother do anything, as
far as having a profession to earn money?
No, she sweated a lot. My mother was a dancer,
first and foremost, a very strong womanphysically. And she and Margot were constantly
working at the barre. We had a ballet barre at
the house. And that's B-A-R-R-E. And they worked
out constantly at that. I was physically not too
strong when I was young. Which is rather ironic,
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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/m1/20/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.