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November 21, 1938

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QUEEN MAUD DIES OF HEART ATTACK AFTER OPERATION; Death Comes So Suddenly That King Haakon Is Not Present in London Nursing Home PRINCE OLAF LEAVES OSLO Norway Shocked Since Popular Ruler Had Appeared to Be Resting Comfortably King George Telephones Sympathy for Crown Prince Queen of Norway Dies of Heart Failure; King Not Present in London Nursing Home Premier Expresses Grief Mourning in Denmark Was Popular Queen Frequent Guest in London Son Is Heir to Throne

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Leopold Godowsky

1938Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1870)[†]

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. 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.