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Extractions: E-mail Signup Bibliography Discuss by Ruth Rosenfelder was closed and its paintings safely stored outside the capital. Cinemas, theaters and concert halls were all dark; Myra Hess , by then an established concert pianist, was concerned about the effect of this cultural blackout on the lives of Londoners. Towards the end of September 1939, she approached the Director of the Gallery, Kenneth Clark , with the idea of mounting lunchtime classical concerts. Clark shared her concerns and swiftly obtained government approval for the scheme. On Tuesday, October 10, the first lunchtime concert was staged; a resounding success, it was the first of an uninterrupted succession that continued for six and a half years until April 10, 1946, 1,698 concerts later. of Music created a device to develop her hand span. However, her penchant for Rabelaisian stories, vulgar jokes and smoking in public was in part, according to her biographer, Marion McKenna
Dame Myra Hess (British Pianist) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Dame Myra Hess (British pianist), Feb. 25, 1890London Nov. 25, 1965LondonEnglish pianist known for her interpretations of the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Robert Schumann. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/264117/Dame-Myra-Hess
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Myra Hess - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Dame Myra Hess DBE (25 February 1890 – 25 November 1965) was a British pianist. She was born in London as Julia Myra Hess, but was bestknown by her middle name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Hess
Extractions: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Myra Hess Dame Myra Hess DBE (25 February 1890 – 25 November 1965) was a British pianist She was born in London as Julia Myra Hess , but was best-known by her middle name. At the age of five she began to study the piano and two years later entered the Guildhall School of Music , where she graduated as winner of the gold medal. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay . Her debut came in 1907 when she played Beethoven 's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. She went on to tour through Britain, the Netherlands and France. Upon her American debut ( New York , 24 January 1922) she became a prime favourite in the United States, not only as a soloist, but also as a fine ensemble player. She also has a surprising link to jazz, having given lessons in the '20s to Ivy Brubeck, mother of Dave Brubeck Hess garnered greater fame during World War II when, with all concert halls blacked out at night to avoid being targets of German bombers, she organized what would turn out to be some 1700 lunchtime concerts spanning a period of six years. The concerts were held at the National Gallery , in Trafalgar Square; Hess herself played in 150 of them. For this contribution to maintaining the morale of the populace of London, King George VI awarded her with the
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