With which musical instrument is Dame Myra Hess (1890-1965) associated?
Myra Hess concert at the National Gallery in London by Hess, and is deeply moved. Arnold Bax's 1915 piano piece "In a Vodka Shop" is dedicated to Miss Myra Hess. She was portrayed on stage by Patricia Routledge in the play "Admission: One Shilling" in 2011. Myra Hess Dame Julia Myra Hess, (25 February 1890 – 25 November 1965) was a British pianist, best known for her performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann. Julia Myra Hess was born on 25 February 1890 to a Jewish family in Hampstead in North West
Myra Hess were over. She continued to teach a handful of students, notably Stephen Kovacevich, during her last years. On 25 November 1965, Hess died at the age of 75 of a heart attack in her London home. A blue plaque commemorates her at 48 Wildwood Road in Hampstead Garden Suburb. In 1977, the Chicago Cultural Center began a series of free lunchtime concerts held at its Preston Bradley Hall every Wednesday from 12:15–1pm, named in Hess's honour as the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. The series is produced by Chicago's International Music Foundation. Since 1977, the concerts have been broadcast live