HerStory
Hephzibah MENUHIN
Born: 20/05/1920
Died: 1/01/1981
Special Achievements:She made her public debut at age 8 in San Francisco. She was her brother Yehudi’s accompanist as her parents rejected a career in music for her.
1933 - Their recording of Mozart’s Sonata in A won the Candide prize, and their musical partnership continued at intervals for the rest of her life.
1939 - She was offered a solo debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
1948 - She initiated and ran Victoria’s first travelling library for children.
Heroine, Pianist, and Social Reformer.
1962 - With her husband Richard Hauser, wrote The Fraternal Society.
Resources
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Image - Yehudi Menuhin and his sister Hephzibah
File:StateLibQld 2 207673 Yehudi Menuhin and his sister Hephzibah.jpg
Wikimedia Commons
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Image - Brother and sister Menuhin in Amsterdam
File:Hepsyba en Yehudi Menuhin (1963).jpg
Wikimedia Commons
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References
Hope, Deborah. A date with our forgotten heroines. newspaper unknown. January 10, 1984:7.
YouTube. "Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin".
YouTube. "Violin Sonata No. 5, "Spring", Beethoven. Yehudi & Hephzibah Menuhin".
Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Menuhin, Hephzibah (1920–1981)".
Wikipedia. "Hephzibah Menuhin".
