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]