Mary Wurm
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.

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. Her nephew was John Vallier.

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

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
 Mathilde Verne

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1860 births
1938 deaths
English classical composers
British women classical composers
English classical pianists
English women pianists
Robert Schumann
Women classical pianists