Intermezzo No. 1 In E Flat Op. 117 Hmv C 3226 - Music
Intermezzo No. 1 In E Flat Op. 117 Hmv C 3226 by Myra Hess
Myra Hess
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Dame Myra Hess February 25 1890 – November 25 1965 Born Julia Myra Hess Was A British Pianist. She Was Born In London. 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 Holland And France. Upon Her American Debut New York January 24 1922 She Became A Prime Favorite In The United States Not Only As A Soloist But Also As A Fine Ensemble Player. She Gained Even Greater Fame During World War II When With All Concert Halls Closed She Organized A Series Of Lunchtime Concerts At The National Gallery Playing In Many Herself. For These Concerts She Was Created A Dame Commander Of The British Empire DBE In 1941 She Had Previously Been Created A Commander Of The British Empire CBE In 1936. Hess Was Best Known In Mozart Beethoven And Schumann But Had A Wide Repertoire Ranging From Domenico Scarlatti To Contemporary Works. She Gave The Premiere Of Howard Ferguson's Piano Sonata And His Piano Concerto. She Also Played A Good Amount Of Chamber Music And Performed In A Piano Duo With Irene Scharrer. She Made A Well Known Arrangement For Piano Of The Chorale Prelude "Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude" Known In English As "Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring" From Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata No. 147 "Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben".
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Dame Myra Hess February 25 1890 – November 25 1965 Born Julia Myra Hess Was A British Pianist. She Was Born In London. 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 Holland And France. Upon Her American Debut New York January 24 1922 She Became A Prime Favorite In The United States Not Only As A Soloist But Also As A Fine Ensemble Player. She Gained Even Greater Fame During World War II When With All Concert Halls Closed She Organized A Series Of Lunchtime Concerts At The National Gallery Playing In Many Herself. For These Concerts She Was Created A Dame Commander Of The British Empire DBE In 1941 She Had Previously Been Created A Commander Of The British Empire CBE In 1936. Hess Was Best Known In Mozart Beethoven And Schumann But Had A Wide Repertoire Ranging From Domenico Scarlatti To Contemporary Works. She Gave The Premiere Of Howard Ferguson's Piano Sonata And His Piano Concerto. She Also Played A Good Amount Of Chamber Music And Performed In A Piano Duo With Irene Scharrer. She Made A Well Known Arrangement For Piano Of The Chorale Prelude "Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude" Known In English As "Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring" From Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata No. 147 "Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben".
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