Mary Wurm Explained

Mary Wurm
Birth Name:Mary Josephine Agnes Würm
Birth Date:18 May 1860
Birth Place:Southampton
Death Place:Munich
Nationality:English
Relatives:Adela Verne (sister)
Alice Verne-Bredt (sister)
Mathilde Verne (sister)
John Vallier (nephew)
Occupation:Pianist

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:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: composers biography : W - Wz. Dolmetsch.com. 17 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Timelines in Music History. 3 October 2010.
  3. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393034875. 4 October 2010.
  4. Web site: Mary Wurm (1860–1938). Schumann-portal.de. Schumann Portal. 17 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217175848/http://www.schumann-portal.de/1382.html. 17 December 2014. dead.