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| Name: | Mary Josephine Agnes Wurm |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | John Evangelist Wurm (c. 1828-1892) |
| Mother: | Marie Sophie Niggl (c. 1833-1882) |
| Birth | 18 May 1860 | 11 Windsor Terrace, Southampton |
| Birth fact | 1860 (age 0) | 1860 Jun Qtr, Southampton, 2c/33 |
| Census | 1861 (age 0-1) | Living with parents (aged 10 months) |
| Death | 21 Jan 1938 (age 77) | Munich, Germany |
A noted composer and music teacher, Marie Wurm studied under Clara Schumann among others before making her London debut at the Crystal Palace in 1882. She composed many songs and piano works, a piano concerto, a violin sonata, a cello sonata, a string quartet, works for string orchestra, and a one-act opera. In 1895 she gave a concert at the Queens Hall entirely composed of extempore performances on musical themes suggested by the audience, probably one of the last classical improvisation performances of its kind.
Thanks to Geoffrey Blyth for pointing out to me the connection between the Wurm, Niggl and Herkomer families.
See also article on Marie Wurm in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography