Myra Hess
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Dame Julia Myra Hess was an English pianist known for her performances of the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. She famously organised concerts in London during the Second World
Myra Hess, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, in 1937
Blue plaque erected in 1987 by English Heritage at 48 Wildwood Road, Hess's home
Dave Brubeck
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David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contras
Myra Hess
…then known as Stephen Bishop) and Jane Carlson. She also has a link to jazz, having given lessons in the 1920s to Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck, mother of Dave Brubeck. From 1960 to 1961 she taught Yonty Solomon. Arnold Bax's 1915 piano piece In a Vodka Shop is dedicated to Hess…
Brubeck in 1964
The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1967: From left to right - Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
Brubeck in 2004
Brubeck in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in 2005