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Description: | Myra Hess was born in London in 1890 and at an early age showed
great promise as a pianist. At seven years of age she became a
student at the Guildhall School of Music and then went on to
study at the Royal Academy of Music, after which she toured
nationally and internationally. But she will probably be best
remembered for the lunchtime concerts she organised at the
National Gallery during the Second World War. At a time when
concert halls were closed and London was under threat these
concerts were seen as a morale boost for the general public and
an act of defiance which is why she was made a Dame Commander of
the British Empire in 1941.
This poster advertises a concert
she performed in at the Civic Hall in Orpington. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bromley Museum | Rights holder: | Bromley Museum Service | Subjects: | Leisure | Temporal: | 1930 - 1960 | Source: | Bromley Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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