Mary Wurm
Mary Wurm
Born
Mary Josephine Agnes Würm

18 May 1860
Died21 January 1938(1938-01-21) (aged 77)
NationalityEnglish
OccupationPianist
RelativesAdela Verne (sister)
Alice Verne-Bredt (sister)
Mathilde Verne (sister)
John Vallier (nephew)

Mary J. A. Wurm (her surname was originally Würm) (18 May 1860 in Southampton 21 January 1938 in Munich) was an English pianist and composer.[1]

Life and career

She was born as Mary Josephine Agnes Würm in England, the sister of Alice Verne-Bredt, Mathilde Verne, and Adela Verne. She lived in Stuttgart as a child, but later returned to London. She studied piano with Clara Schumann and composition with Charles Villiers Stanford. Wurm became a noted pianist, and in 1898 founded and conducted a women's orchestra in Berlin.[2][3] Her nephew was John Vallier.

In 1914, Verne published a Practical Preschool collection to be used as teaching material at Elisabeth Caland in Hannover.[4]

Works

Selected works include:

  • Mag auch heiss das Scheiden brennen
  • Christkindleins Wiegenlied aus des Knaben Wunderhorn (Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
  • Wiegenlied im Sommer (Text: Robert Reinick)

See also

References

  1. "composers biography : W - Wz". Dolmetsch.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. "Timelines in Music History". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. "Mary Wurm (1860–1938)". Schumann-portal.de. Schumann Pportal. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.


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