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Myra Hess, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, in 1937. Dame Julia Myra Hess, DBE (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] She never married but devoted her life to music.
Dame Myra Curtis DBE (2 October 1886 – 27 June 1971) was an editor, civil servant, and the Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge from 1942 to 1954. [1] [2]
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Myra Curtis was appointed the head of the Care of Children Committee by the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, in December 1944.She was a former civil servant and the Principal of Newnham College, and had previously been a member of the committee chaired by Sir Godfrey Russell Vick to investigate remand homes for young offenders so had previous experience investigating residential children's ...
The English title derives from famous piano transcriptions made by Myra Hess, in 1926 for piano solo and in 1934 for piano duet, [1] as published by Oxford University Press. Whether played instrumentally or sung in German or English, the chorale is often heard at weddings and during Advent , Christmas , and Easter .
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Myra Schoonmaker, his daughter who marries Bill Bailey despite Lady Constance's best efforts; Lady Charlotte, Emsworth's sister, "a tougher egg even than Lady Constance, or her younger sister, Lady Julia". Jane, her daughter; Lady Julia Fish, Emsworth's younger sister, who though formidable has a sense of humour and, according to Galahad, "the ...