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Myra Hess

British pianist

1890 – 1965aged 75

An English pianist known for her interpretations of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms, Hess is remembered above all for organizing lunchtime concerts at London's National Gallery throughout the Second World War, keeping live music running in the capital's emptied art rooms while the Blitz fell on the city around her.

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