MY PRAYER. During the Second World War, the pianist Myra Hess put on concerts at the National Gallery to raise morale.

 

The Myra Hess concerts

During the Second World War, the pianist Myra Hess put on concerts at the National Gallery to raise morale. Find out how the Gallery opened as a music venue

How the concerts started

Discover how the concerts became popular with wartime Londoners

Playing through the bombing

Bombs fall and the musicians play on. How Myra Hess and the Gallery coped during the Blitz

Meet the musicians

London's favourite wartime music: Bach or Stravinsky?

Concerts or art?

The campaign to keep the concerts after the end of the war

Who was Myra Hess?

What kind of a person was the famous pianist Myra Hess?

Behind the scenes

Feeding hungry concert goers and battling noisy church bells

Myra Hess today

Your chance to hear music from the Myra Hess era

Supported by Ernest Hecht

This online resource, dedicated to the work of Dame Myra Hess, was developed with the support of the Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation. The Foundation was set up by Ernest Hecht OBE, one of England's major independent book publishers, with the aim of helping the disadvantaged and promoting the advancement of the arts and education.

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/history/the-myra-hess-concerts

history of hand-knitting. 漸流行， 網紅輩出。台灣針織工業同業公會 · Taiwan Knitting Industry Association. History of knitting

 

history of hand-knitting. 漸流行， 網紅輩出。台灣針織工業同業公會 · Taiwan Knitting Industry Association. History of knitting

history of hand-knitting


Victoria and Albert Museum
https://www.vam.ac.uk › articles › the-history-of-hand-...


While the origins of knitting are unclear, we know it has been practised in many different parts of the world, over many centuries.

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台灣針織工業同業公會 · Taiwan Knitting Industry Association · 公會簡介 · 活動剪影 · VR 專區.

History of knitting

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_knitting

By the mid-nineteenth century, hand knitting was declining as part of the knitting industry but was increasing as a hobby. Printed knitting patterns ...