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Rawicz and Landauer
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Rawicz and Landauer were an immensely popular piano duo team that performed from 1932 to 1970. They were initially based in Vienna, Austria, but moved to the United Kingdom in the early part of their career. They were known for their arrangements of popular classics. Marjan (or Maryan) Rawicz (1898 – 30 January 1970) was Polish. He studied in Poland, and in Vienna under Richard Robert, and also studied law at the University of Kraków, playing the piano at seaside resorts in his holidays to make ends meet. Walter Landauer (1910 – 3 August 1983) was born in Vienna. He studied at the Vienna Music Academy and under Emil von Sauer.[1] They met by chance at a resort in 1930 or 1931, when Landauer heard Rawicz whistling a tune he liked, and asked him to identify it and how to play it on the piano. It proved to be a polka by Bedřich Smetana. They soon discovered a mutual interest, and their duo was born.[2][3] By 1932 Rawicz and Landauer played over Austrian radio and in 1933 had a concert tour throughout Europe. They escaped Nazi Europe in 1935 and moved to the United Kingdom with their wives, becoming favourites of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII).[3] During World War II, like many people originally from Europe, they found themselves considered potential enemies and were interned on the Isle of Man. After release, they both became British subjects. Until Rawicz's death in 1970 they carved out a formidable reputation as a two-piano team. They were legendary for the
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Britxotica! London's Rarest Primitive Pop and Savage Jazz
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The Two Grands
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Rhythm in the Sun
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The Golden Age of Light Music: Bright and Breezy
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The Britxotica! Box
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The Britxotica Box - Three Amazing Albums Of Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz From The Wild British Isles
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Rawicz And Landauer - Warsaw Concerto
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Greatest Piano Hits
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Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals - Strauss: Fantasy - Friedman & Gartner: Viennese Dances, Nos. 1 and 2 (Remastered)
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Columbia 340-M
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Brixotica! (CD1)
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Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals - Strauss: Fantasy - Friedman Gartner: Viennese Dances, Nos. 1 and 2 (Remastered)