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Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941) was an American pianist, composer and music writer. She was born in Germany, but her family moved to the United States and she grew up in New Jersey. She studied at the National Conservatory of Music in New York City with B.O. Klein, Antonín Dvořák and Horatio Parker.

She taught music in the New Jersey school system and from 1893 to 1898 at the National Conservatory, and served as head of the piano department at the DeBauer School of Music and Languages in New York City. Korn wrote for several music journals and founded the Women's Philharmonic Orchestra.

Works

Korn composed for voice, piano and orchestra. Selected works include:

Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Violin suite
Symphonic poem
Morpheus
Orchestra suite No. 1
Orchestra suite No. 2
Piano Concerto
Piano Sonata
Our Last War opera

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