Manya Botez (1896–1971) was a

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n pianist and children's music teacher.

Background and education

Manya Botez was born Mania Goldman, of Jewish parents, in

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. She studied in Berlin and in Paris, and taught in Berlin until 1939. She founded the "Manya Botez" Music School in

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in 1930, where, in 1939, amongst her young pupils, was the Romanian composer

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(then aged 7). She returned to Romania at the outbreak of

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. Later she taught at the

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and in

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. Botez was still actively teaching when she died in

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Personal life

She was the second wife of Romanian writer

Eugeniu Botez Eugeniu Botez (; 28 November 1874 – 12 May 1933), who also wrote under the pseudonym Jean Bart, was a Romanian writer, best known for his novel ''Europolis'' (1933). He was born , at the time a village in Botoșani County, now a neighborhood o ...

(known as Jean Bart), whom she married after his first wife, born Marioara Dumitrescu, died in 1913. They had a daughter, Ada Botez, in 1918. In 1926, the marriage ended in divorce, with Ada remaining in the custody of her father. Manya then married General Gheorghe Argeșanu, becoming Manya Botez Argeșanu, but kept her professional name Manya Botez.

Publications

*Manya Botez, ''Musikalisches A.B.C.'' "(A Musical A.B.C.)", Romanian children's songs, Bucharest, 1937Review in ''Der Auftakt'', Prague, 1937, vol. 17, p. 29 : "Rumänische Kinderlieder, von Kindern verfaßt, nämlich gedichtet, komponiert und ganz reizend farbig illustriert. Man sieht, daß die Sechs- bis Zehnjährigen a priori Künstler sind. Daß sie es meist nicht bleiben, ist nicht die Schuld der Kinder."

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References

Urmașii lui Jean Bart - Fundația Româna Literară
The descendants of Jean Bart - Constantin Mohanu (1933–2006) omanian {{DEFAULTSORT:Botez, Manya 1896 births 1971 deaths People from Sulina Jewish Romanian musicians Romanian women classical pianists 20th-century Romanian pianists Romanian expatriates in France Romanian expatriates in Germany 20th-century Romanian women pianists