Paula Szalit
Paulina Szalitówna (25 November 1885 – 7 February 1942),The Central Archive of Historical Records (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych), Warsaw, Jewish Book of Vital Statistics, document 300 1 146, p. 157, item 471Central State Historical Archive (Львівський Державний Історичний архів), Lviv, 700 1 376, entry 834 more commonly known as Paula Szalit, was a Polish pianist and composer. Early life She was born in Drohobycz, Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, near Lemberg (now Lviv), the fourth child of Simon Szalit, an accountant, and Reisel née Bressler. Initially taught music by her brother Henryk (Heinrich), from 1893 she studied piano in Vienna. Her teachers included: Robert Fischof; Heinrich Schenker (1896–97); Eugen d'Albert (1997); C. Hoffmann; and Theodor Leschetizky.Aaron I. Cohen, "Szalitowna (Szalit), Paulina" in: ''International Encyclopedia of Women Composers'', New York: Books & Music (1987), p. 683. Szalit was regarded as a child prodi ...
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