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Leopold Godowsky, an Uncommon card
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.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Leopold Godowsky quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Leopold Godowsky card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was ______ among musical giants as the "Buddha of the Piano".
Answer
heralded. He was heralded among musical giants as the "Buddha of the Piano". From the Leopold Godowsky article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
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 ____.
Answer
1890s. 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. From the Leopold Godowsky article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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." As a composer, Godowsky is best known for his Java Suite, Triakontameron, Passacaglia and Walzermasken, alongside his transcriptions of works by other composers, the best-known of these works are the 53 Studies on Chopin's Études.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Leopold Godowsky article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Leopold Godowsky (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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