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10th April 1943: British concert pianist, Myra Hess (Dame Myra Hess) (1890 - 1965) performing a piano solo at a Music, Art and Drama Society concert in the Stoll Theatre, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1412 - Music Festival - pub. 1943 (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Myra Hess: the best recordings of the British pianist famed for her wartime concerts

British pianist Dame Myra Hess (1890 - 1965) conducts Haydn's'Toy Symphony' of toy musical instruments at the National Gallery, London, 14th July 1945. On the left is a new bust of Hess by Jacob Epstein. Original publication: Picture Post - 2031- Toy Symphony - pub. 1950 (Photo by Jack Esten/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Myra Hess: how the pianist became a wartime hero during the Blitz

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