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Poldowski
Poldowski was the professional pseudonym of a Belgian-born British composer and pianist born Régine Wieniawski (16 May 187928 January 1932), daughter of the Polish violinist and composer Henryk Wieniawski. Some of her early works were published under the name Irène Wieniawska. She married Sir Aubrey Dean Paul, 5th Baronet (1869–1961), becoming Lady Dean Paul. Her name appears in a number of forms:
- Régine Wieniawski
- Irène Wieniawska
- Irene Regina Wieniawski or Wieniawska
- Lady Dean Paul
- Lady
the last time to accompany Jane Bathori-Engel in four of her Verlaine settings.
She and her family converted to Roman Catholicism in 1916. In 1919, at the Queen's Hall, Henry Wood accompanied Poldowski at the premiere of her piano and orchestra piece, "Pat Malone's Wake". She fell seriously ill in the autumn of 1913. In August 1919 Poldowski moved to the United States, where her "symphonic opera" "Silence" was published despite serious financial issues. She legally separated from her husband