Lydia Kunz Venth

Lydia Kunz Venth (1858 – 23 May 1931)^[1] was an American composer^[2] and pianist.^[3]

Venth was born in Pennsylvania to John Jacob and Henrietta Schlatter Kunz. She was a largely self-taught pianist and composer^[4] who married violinist Carl Venth when she was 18 years old. They had a daughter named Elsa,^[5] and later divorced.

Lydia and Carl established the Venth Music School in Brooklyn in 1888. Lydia worked as an accompanist^[6]^[7] and taught piano at the school and privately after she and Carl divorced.^[8] He remarried in 1899 and moved to Texas.^[9]

Lydia's compositions^[10] for piano and organ include:

Air de Ballet ^[11]
Barcarolle^[11]
Brooklet ^[12]
Chanson du Berçeau^[11]
Evening^[11]
Lilalith^[11]
Mazurka^[13]
Moments Musicale^[14]
Pieviot^[11]
Serenta^[11]
Sonatina^[15]
Spring Song^[11]

References edit

^ Venth, Lydia Kunz (25 May 1931). "Obituary". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 24 Mar 2021.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.
^ Venth, Lydia Kunz (1931). "ancestry.com". Retrieved 24 Mar 2021.
^ The Musical Yearbook of the United States. G.H. Wilson. 1891.
^ The Citizen Almanac. Brooklyn Citizen. 1893.
^ Spillane, Daniel (1890). History of the American Pianoforte: Its Technical Development, and the Trade. D. Spillane.
^ Venth, Carl (30 Jan 1938). "Obituary". New York Times. Retrieved 24 Mar 2021.
^ Musical Courier. 1903.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sutro, Florence Edith Clinton (1895). Women in Music and Law. Author's Publishing Company.
^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900 (1st ed.). New York: R. Rosen Press. ISBN 0823904636. OCLC 3844781.
^ Ebel, Otto (1910). Les femmes compositeurs de musique: dictionnaire biographique (in French). P. Rosier.
^ Music for the Orchestrelle & Aeolian Grand. Aeolian Company. 1901.
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Venth, Lydia Kunz (25 May 1931). "Obituary". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 24 Mar 2021.

[2] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[3] Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.

[4] Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.

[5] Venth, Lydia Kunz (1931). "ancestry.com". Retrieved 24 Mar 2021.

[6] The Musical Yearbook of the United States. G.H. Wilson. 1891.

[7] The Citizen Almanac. Brooklyn Citizen. 1893.

[8] Spillane, Daniel (1890). History of the American Pianoforte: Its Technical Development, and the Trade. D. Spillane.

[9] Venth, Carl (30 Jan 1938). "Obituary". New York Times. Retrieved 24 Mar 2021.

[10] Musical Courier. 1903.

[:0-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sutro, Florence Edith Clinton (1895). Women in Music and Law. Author's Publishing Company.

[12] Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900 (1st ed.). New York: R. Rosen Press. ISBN 0823904636. OCLC 3844781.

[13] Ebel, Otto (1910). Les femmes compositeurs de musique: dictionnaire biographique (in French). P. Rosier.

[14] Music for the Orchestrelle & Aeolian Grand. Aeolian Company. 1901.

[15] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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