Kate Boxer
Myra Hess (Unframed)
Drypoint and crayon
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
16.5 x 16.5 cms
16.5 x 16.5 cms
First Edition of 30
Signed and inscribed with Edition No.
(Framed: £790 black or white frame)
Signed and inscribed with Edition No.
(Framed: £790 black or white frame)
KABws000
Copyright The Artist
£ 595.00
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Dame Julia Myra Hess (1890-1965) was a British pianist, best known for her performances of the works of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. Her debut came in 1907 when she...
Dame Julia Myra Hess (1890-1965) was a British pianist, best known for her performances of the works of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. Her debut came in 1907 when she played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. Throughout World War II, during the blackouts, she organised almost 2,000 lunchtime concerts spanning the entire length of the war; they were held in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square and Hess played in 150 of them. King George VI made her a Dame of the British Empire. She also had a surprising link to jazz, having given lessons in the 1920s to Ivy Brubeck, mother of Dave Brubeck.