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]