p, 1877-1976 AU, Toowoomba
Musician
Elsie Maude Stanley Hall (22 June 1877 – 27 June 1976) was an Australian classical pianist.She was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the oldest daughter of William Stanley Hall, a journalist, and his wife Mary Ann, née Sadgrove, a piano teacher. She took up the piano at the age of three, and was a child prodigy.She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 28 April 1969.She died on 27 June 1976 at Wynberg, South Africa, and was buried at Hout Bay Cemetery.