Alice Verne-Bredt

Alice Barbara Verne-Bredt (née Würm; 1864–1958) was an English piano teacher, violinist and composer. Three of her sisters were also noted pianists: Adela Verne, Mathilde Verne and Mary Würm (who returned to Germany and retained the original family name). Life and career The sixth of ten children, Her father, a music teacher who specialised in zither, violin, and piano, worked as an organist. Her mother was a violinist who taught her the violin from a very early age. Later in her childhood she moved to London, where she lived all her life, Alice wanted to become a singer, but typhoid fever affected her voice. It was recorded in 2005 by the Summerhayes Piano Trio. Chamber music * Cello Sonata * Phantasie Piano Trio (1908) – performed at the Aeolian and Bechstein Halls on 25 January 1912. * Phantasie Piano Quartet (1908) (unpublished) * Phantasie Piano Quintet (no date, unpublished) * Piano Trio, No. 2 * Piano Trio, No. 3 * Wiegenlied (lullaby) for violin and piano (1911) Piano music * Arrangement of Pavane: from King Henry VIII’s Pavyn (1924) * Four easy inventions for young pianists (1920) ** Musical box ** The little drum ** Concert study ** The doll’s promenade * Polacca (Polka)