Person Open DS/UK/1519 Joyce; Eileen (1 January 1908-25 March 1991); CMG; Australian pianist Joyce Eileen 1 January 1908-25 March 1991 Australian pianist Female (cisgender) Eileen Alannah Joyce https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?ui2ux.6uzak-y Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia (born)

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Australian Musician; Singer White No known disability Daughter of Joseph Thomas Joyce (son of an Irish immigrant) and Alice Gertrude May Heterosexual Eileen Joyce CMG was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years. She lived in England in her adult years. Her recordings made her popular internationally in the 1930s and 1940s, particularly during World War II; at her zenith she was compared in popular esteem with Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn. When she played in Berlin in 1947 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, an eminent German critic classed her with Clara Schumann, Sophie Menter and Teresa Carreño. When she performed in the United States in 1950, Irving Kolodin called her "the world's greatest unknown pianist". She became even better known during the 1950s, when she played 50 recitals a year in London alone, which were always sold out. She also performed a series of "Marathon Concerts", playing as many as four concertos in a single evening. Her Mozart was described as "of impeccable taste and feeling", she was a Bach player "of commanding authority", and "a Lisztian of both poetry and bravura". Her playing of the second movement of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto in the films Brief Encounter and The Seventh Veil (1945) helped popularise the work. A 1950 biography of Eileen Joyce's early life became a best-seller and was translated into various languages; a feature film Wherever She Goes (1951) was based on the book, but was much less successful. Despite her fame, her name slipped from public sight after her retirement in the early 1960s. Awards, Honours and Legacy: For services to music, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Joyce (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 9/10/2012 RAHAKirkbride 5/11/2023 05fcfbbc-f4e9-4bf1-8315-52823fc18570