Korn, Mrs. Clara A.

1866

Musical composer and song-writer; born in Berlin, Germany. Her father was a native of Konigsberg, but her mother was a Philadelphian, and Mrs. Korn was brought to America when she was three years old. She received her general education in Jersey City. She married when she was eighteen and went to live in New York, and it was not until 1888 that she turned her attention to music. Her talent for composition was recognized by Mr. William G. Vogt, who began preparing Mrs. Korn for a concert career in 1889. In 1891 she entered upon a ten-months' tour through the South and West, but her health would not allow her to continue this work. She received several letters from Tschaikowsky advising her to devote herself to composition and praising the work she had already done in that line. Late in 1891 she obtained a free scholarship at the National Conservatory, where she studied theory and composition under Dr. Antonin Dvorak, Bruno Oscar Klein and Horatio Walker. From 1893 to 1898 she taught harmony at the National Conservatory at New York. Soon after she took up her residence at East Orange, N. J., and has since divided her time between New York and New Jersey. Mrs. Korn has held many offices in American societies. At present she is special correspondent for the Musical Courier, a position she has filled for four years. She has written articles for the fitude, The Musical Record and other musical magazines and papers. Among her compositions her orchestral suite, Rural Snapshots, was played at the St. Louis Exposition. Among her other works are Six Pieces; Five Pieces dedicated to Rafael Joseffy; Waltz Caprice, for violin and piano; Air de Ballet, and the suite, Modern Dances; An Album of Nine Songs for Voices.