AUSTRIA Plaque Medal 1912 Famous Jewish Lithuanian-American Pianist & Composer. XF-AU

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1912, Austria. Leopold Godowsky (famous Jewish Lithuanian-American Pianist). Bronze Plaque Medal.

Mint Year: 1912
Reference: Ni 714.
Mint Place: Vienna
Medallistg: Carl Maria Schwerdtner
Condition: Minor deposits, otherwise XF-AU!
Denomination: Plaque Medal - Lepolod Godowsky
Dimensions: 56mm x 81mm
Material: Bronze
Weight: 150gm


Obverse: Profile bust of Leopold Godowsky within round wreathed medallion above inscribed table with his name and the place (Vienna 1912), flanked by two seated winged supids, one of which is composing, the other playing the piano. Medallist´s signature below.
Legend: LEOPOLD GODWSKY / WIEN 1912 / C.M. SCHWERDTNER

Reverse: Blank (as usual for a plaque medal).


Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. (13 February 1870, Žasliai, Lithuania – 21 November 1938, New York, USA) 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 application of relaxed weight and economy of motion within pianistic technique – principles later propagated by his pupils, such as Heinrich Neuhaus.

He was heralded among musical giants as the "Buddha of the Piano". Ferruccio Busoni claimed that he and Godowsky were "the only composers to have added anything of significance to keyboard writing since Franz Liszt."

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