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Mary J. A. Wurm

Mary Wurm
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Mary Wurm
Born 18 May 1860
Southampton
Died January 21, 1938(1938-01-21) (aged 77)
Munich
Nationality English
Occupation Pianist

Mary J. A. Wurm (18 May 1860 in Southampton – 21 January 1938 in Munich) was an English pianist and composer.

Mary Wurm was born 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.

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

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