Paula Szalit

Paulina Szalitówna (25 November 1885 – 7 February 1942), more commonly known as Paula Szalit, was a Polish pianist and composer.She was born in Drohobycz, 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. Szalit was regarded as a child prodigy and made numerous appearances in Vienna, Germany, Poland and London.