Autographs of Myra Hess
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. More about Myra Hess
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Julia Myra Hess was born on 25 February 1890 to a Jewish family in South Hampstead, London. She was the youngest of four children and began piano lessons at the age of five. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay, after winning a scholarship to the latter in 1903 at age 12.
Her debut came in 1907, when she played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. She went on to tour through Britain, the Netherlands and France, with the violinist Aldo Antonietti, with whom she had a love affair. In 1912 she performed with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Willem Mengelberg. Read even more about Myra Hess at Wikipedia
Her debut came in 1907, when she played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. She went on to tour through Britain, the Netherlands and France, with the violinist Aldo Antonietti, with whom she had a love affair. In 1912 she performed with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Willem Mengelberg. Read even more about Myra Hess at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Myra Hess
The most expensive item with a signature of Myra Hess (Myra Hess Signed Photo to Dennis Brain) was sold in February 2024 for £261.00 while the cheapest item (Autograph of Dame Myra Hess) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2015 with an average selling price of £13.00 for an autographed item of Myra Hess. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2024 with £261.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was March 2018. In average, an autographed item from Myra Hess is worth £17.94.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Myra Hess were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | DAME MYRA HESS (1890-1965),PIANIST. SIGNED ALBUM PAGE + TWO RECITAL PROGRAMMES | £10.51 | |
| DAME MYRA HESS piano recital programme SIGNED (1946) | £20.00 | |
| Dame Myra Hess. English Pianist. Genuine Signed Card | £4.99 | |
| DAME MYRA HESS: English War Time Pianist. Hand signed card display piece. | £32.00 | |
| HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE CLIPPING - MYRA HESS - VINTAGE PIANIST | £21.99 | |
| Myra Hess - 1951 Festival of Britain Signed Recital Programme (Odeon, Norwich) | £19.00 | |
| MYRA HESS - English Pianist - Piano - Autograph Photograph !! | £21.00 | |
| Myra Hess - Signed Recital Programme, 1949 (Norwich) A/F | £17.00 | |
| Myra Hess autograph pianist signed album page | £10.00 | |
| Myra Hess English Pianist 1890 - 1965 Signed approx. 5 x 4 Photo | £26.75 | |
| Myra Hess Signed Photo to Dennis Brain | £261.00 | |
| Myra Hess vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Myra Hess, Pianist, cut SIGNATURE, AUTOGRAPH | £6.50 | |
| Myra Hess, Pianist, SIGNED photograph, 1941 | £100.00 | |
| MYRA HESS: English Pianist. Hand signed framed Photo Display | £30.00 | |