Manya Botez was a Romania

Romania

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n pianist and children's music teacher.

Manya Botez was born Mania Goldman, of Jewish parents, in Berlin. She was the second wife of Romanian writer Eugeniu Botez

Eugeniu Botez

Eugeniu Botez was a Romanian writer, best known for his novel Europolis . Botez wrote under the pseudonym Jean Bart....

 (known as Jean Bart), whom he 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 Argeşanu

Gheorghe Argesanu

Gheorghe Argeşanu was a Romanian cavalry general and politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about a week in 1939 .-Biography:...

, becoming Manya Botez Argeşanu, but kept her professional name Manya Botez.

She founded the Manya Botez Music School in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, where in 1939 amongst her young pupils was the Romanian composer Aurel Stroe (then aged 7). Later she taught at the Paris Conservatoire and in London.

Botez was still actively teaching when she died in Richmond, London.

Publications

• Manya Botez, Musikalisches A.B.C. "(A Musical A.B.C.)", Romanian children's songs, Bucharest, 1937