Myrtle Meggy

Anna Myrtle Meggy (7 January 1887, Sydney, Australia — 8 February 1959, Sydney) was an Australian pianist and pedagogue. Life Meggy was born to Sarah Myrtle Meggy (née Boone) and Percy Robert Meggy in Sydney, Australia. Meggy was the eldest of six children. She came from a large literary family: her father was prolific writer and helped found the Chicago Daily News, while her mother was a published poet. Meggy received her first music lessons from her father. When she was nine she began studying with Sydney Moss, and gave her first recital at the age of 12. In 1902, she went to London in order to study with Mathilde Verne. Her first public performance was at the Aeolian Hall in 1905. She soon gave recitals there and at Bechstein Hall. Later she participated in the Proms at Queen's Hall under Sir Henry Wood.