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 Phantasie Piano Quartet (1908) (unpublished) Phantasie Piano Quintet (no date, unpublished) Piano Trio, No. 2 Piano Trio, No. 3 Wiegenlied (lullaby) for violin and piano (1911)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) for piano and orchestra (also for string accompaniment) Valse (1913) Valse Miniature for two pianos (1913)