Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 Page: 4
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Landowska:Could you tell us a little bit about that? This
is a twin--?
Mirror twins. In other words, my natural part on
the left side of my head, that was left-handed,
her natural part's on the right side of her head
and she was right-handed. And outside of that, we
were pretty well identical, except of
personality.
What was your original name at birth?
Alicia Maria.
Could you spell that for me, please?
A-L-I-C-I-A, and then Maria. And my sister was
Margot, M-A-R-G-O-T, Maria.
Okay. What religion were you?
Jewish. My mother was a convert to Judaism. My
mother had very bad timing.
And your father?
He was Jewish. The Mendelssohns and the Landowskas
were rather reformed, and the two families wereinterwoven. My great-great-great-grandfather was
Moses Mendelssohn, the philosopher. I get very
confused about how many "greats" we have here,
but his grandson was Felix Mendelssohn, the
composer. The Landowskas, or Landowski, came out4
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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/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.