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Myra Hess, the Glossary

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Dame Julia Myra Hess, (25 February 1890 – 25 November 1965) was an English pianist best known for her performances of the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms.^[1]

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British piano educators
British women classical pianists
Pupils of Tobias Matthay

Arnold Bax

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. Myra Hess and Arnold Bax are Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.

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Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. Myra Hess and Arturo Toscanini are Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists.

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Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter (born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Myra Hess and Bruno Walter are Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists.

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Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury.

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Chicago Cultural Center

The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

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City Music Society

The City Music Society was formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1943.

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Clive Lythgoe

Clive Lythgoe (9 April 1927 – 4 September 2006), was a leading British classical pianist of the 1950s and 1960s, popular in the UK and the United States, where he was considered to be "Britain's answer to Liberace". Myra Hess and Clive Lythgoe are 20th-century classical pianists and Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Dave Brubeck

David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer.

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Eiluned Davies

Eiluned Davies (1913-1999) was an Anglo Welsh concert pianist and composer. Myra Hess and Eiluned Davies are 20th-century British pianists, 20th-century classical pianists, 20th-century women pianists and British women pianists.

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Electrical transcription

Electrical transcriptions are special phonograph recordings made exclusively for radio broadcasting,Browne, Ray B. and Browne, Pat, Eds.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England.

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Guinea (coin)

The guinea (commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold.

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Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green.

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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life), 147 in 1723 during his first year as Thomaskantor, the director of church music in Leipzig.

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Howard Ferguson (composer)

Howard Ferguson (21 October 1908 – 31 October 1999) was an Irish composer and musicologist from Belfast.

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Humphrey Jennings

Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings (19 August 1907 – 24 September 1950) was an English documentary filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organisation.

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International Music Score Library Project

The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library after publisher Ottaviano Petrucci, is a subscription-based digital library of public-domain music scores.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Irene Scharrer

Irene Scharrer (2 February 188811 January 1971) was an English classical pianist. Myra Hess and Irene Scharrer are 20th-century English women musicians, 20th-century classical pianists, 20th-century women pianists, Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music, British women classical pianists, classical piano duos, English classical pianists, English women pianists, Jewish classical pianists and Pupils of Tobias Matthay.

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Jane Carlson

Jane Elizabeth Carlson (November 19, 1918 - February 1998) was a professor of piano at the Juilliard School.

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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the popular English title of the chorale from the 1723 Advent cantata ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'' (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147, by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period.

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Joseph Szigeti

Joseph Szigeti (Szigeti József,; 5 September 189219 February 1973) was a Hungarian violinist.

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Leonard Rose

Leonard Joseph Rose (July 27, 1918 – November 16, 1984) was an American cellist and pedagogue. Myra Hess and Leonard Rose are 20th-century classical musicians.

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Listen to Britain

Listen to Britain is a 1942 British propaganda short film by Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Martin Janus

Martin Janus (also Martin Jahn, Jähn and Jan; c. 1620 – c. 1682) was a German Protestant minister, church musician, hymnwriter, teacher and editor.

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National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.

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Naxos (company)

Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres.

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NBC Symphony Orchestra

The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra conceived by David Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America, the parent corporation of the National Broadcasting Company especially for the conductor Arturo Toscanini.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City.

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Nigel Hess

Nigel John Hess (born 22 July 1953) is a British composer, best known for his television, theatre and film soundtracks, including the theme tunes to Campion, Maigret, Wycliffe, Dangerfield, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Badger and Ladies in Lavender.

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Nigel Lawson

Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, (11 March 1932 – 3 April 2023) was a British politician and journalist. Myra Hess and Nigel Lawson are people from Hampstead.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Pablo Casals

Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan:; 29 December 187622 October 1973), known in English by his Spanish name Pablo Casals,, The New York Times, 1911-04-09, retrieved 1 August 2009 was a Spanish and Puerto Rican cellist, composer, and conductor. Myra Hess and Pablo Casals are Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists.

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Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano.

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in b major, Op. 83, by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto.

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Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.

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Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.

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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI.

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Reading Eagle

The Reading Eagle is the major daily newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Richard and John Contiguglia

Richard and John Contiguglia (born April 13, 1937, in Auburn, New York) are American identical twin duo-pianists. Myra Hess and Richard and John Contiguglia are classical piano duos.

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Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann (8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era.

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Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Koninklĳk Concertgebouworkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall).

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.

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South Hampstead

South Hampstead is an affluent part of the London Borough of Camden in inner north London.

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Stephen Kovacevich

Stephen Kovacevich (born October 17, 1940) is an American classical pianist and conductor.

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Stewart McAllister

Stewart McAllister (27 December 1914 – 27 November 1962) was a British documentary film editor who collaborated closely with Humphrey Jennings during the Second World War to produce films for the Crown Film Unit of the Ministry of Information.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Myra Hess and Thomas Beecham are 20th-century English musicians and Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists.

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Tobias Matthay

Tobias Augustus Matthay (19 February 185815 December 1945) was an English pianist, teacher, and composer. Myra Hess and Tobias Matthay are 20th-century British pianists, 20th-century classical pianists, Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music, British piano educators and English classical pianists.

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Hess

Also known as Dame Myra Hess.

, Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven), Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Reading Eagle, Richard and John Contiguglia, Robert Schumann, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, South Hampstead, Stephen Kovacevich, Stewart McAllister, The Blitz, Thomas Beecham, Tobias Matthay, Trafalgar Square, United Press International, WFMT, Willem Mengelberg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, World War II, Yonty Solomon.

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See also

British piano educators

British women classical pianists

Pupils of Tobias Matthay

References