Julia Klumpke, often spelled Julia Klumpkey (August 13, 1870 — August 23, 1961), [1] was an American concert violinist and composer.
Family and education
Julia Klumpke was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy realtor John Gerald Klumpke and Dorothea Mattilda Tolle. [2] She was one of eight children, and among her siblings were the astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts, the painter Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, and the neurologist Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke. [2] Although reviews and other publications in her own day nearly always used the original spelling of her surname, the spelling is now often Americanized to Klumpkey. [2]
Klumpke studied for one year at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, working with Emil Mahr and Herman Hartmann (violin) and with Percy Goetschius (composition). [2] She graduated in 1895 with a degree in violin performance. [2] [3] She got further training abroad in the 1920s, studying violin with Eugène Ysaÿe, Leopold Auer, William Henley, and Maurice Hewitt and viola with Henri Benoit. [3] She took lessons in composition from Nadia Boulanger and Annette Dieudonné in Paris. [3]
Music career
Klumpke gave one of her earliest recitals in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1908. [2] Beginning sometime between 1906 and 1910, Klumpke taught violin at Converse College, a woman's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and directed the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra; these positions lasted with interruptions through 1922. [2] [3] [4] During World War I, she left for a time to do war work in Europe, assisting her sister Anna, who had converted her home outside Paris into a hospital for wounded soldiers. [5] [6]
In 1928, she went on a world tour. In the mid-1930s, Klumpke returned live in San Francisco, where she was a member of several musical associations, including the Women Musicians Club and the Women's City Club (both of San Francisco), the California Composers Society, and the Music Teacher's Association of California. [2] [3] [4]
Klumpke composed over four dozen pieces of music, mainly chamber music, songs, and choral music. [3] [4] She composed a dramatic tone poem, The Twin Guardians of the Golden Gate, for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. [4]
Klumpke died in San Francisco and is buried there in the Neptune Society's Columbarium with her father and two of her sisters. [2] In her will, she left scholarships to both the San Francisco Symphony (for an outstanding string player) and Converse College. [2] Her personal papers and musical manuscripts are held in the Julia Klumpkey Collection at the New England Conservatory. [2]
Works
- Chamber works
- Quatre pièces (Four Pieces, 1932; for viola and piano)
- Second Suite for Viola and Piano (1935)
- Lullaby for Viola and Piano (1937)
- Suite for Viola and Piano: San Francisco Bay (1951)
- Sonata no. 3 for violin and cello
- Suite for small orchestra
- First trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
- Second trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
- Trio for piano, violin, and cello
- Miniature string trio
- Andante for strings
- Valse fantaisiste (Whimsical Waltz)
- Choral compositions
- "Wait on the Lord"
- " The Lord Is My Shepherd: Anthem for Mixed Quartet and Organ"
- "He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee ( Psalm 91)"
- Compositions for solo voice
- "Candle Lighting Song"
- " In Flanders Field"
- "Songs for Children"
- Other compositions
- The Twin Guardians of the Golden Gate (1939)
References
- ^ There is conflicting information about Klumke's birth year. This date is taken from a memoir by one of her sisters. See Julien Bogousslavsky, "The Klumpke Family: Memories by Doctor Déjerine, Born Augusta Klumpke". European Neurology 53:3 (2005), p. 115.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Julia Klumpkey". New England Conservatory website.
- ^ a b c d e f Klumpkey, Julia. Lullaby for Viola and Piano. David M. Bynog, ed. AVS Publications no. 45, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Mohr, Maryalice. "The Youngest of the Klumpkey Quintet: An Introduction to the Life of Julia Klumpkey". Music Library Association Northern California Chapter Newsletter, vol 16, no. 1 (Fall 2001).
- ^ The Violinist, vols. 26-28, 1920, p. 180.
- ^ Musical Courier, vol. 44, 1902, p. 94.
Julia Klumpke, often spelled Julia Klumpkey (August 13, 1870 — August 23, 1961), [1] was an American concert violinist and composer.
Family and education
Julia Klumpke was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy realtor John Gerald Klumpke and Dorothea Mattilda Tolle. [2] She was one of eight children, and among her siblings were the astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts, the painter Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, and the neurologist Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke. [2] Although reviews and other publications in her own day nearly always used the original spelling of her surname, the spelling is now often Americanized to Klumpkey. [2]
Klumpke studied for one year at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, working with Emil Mahr and Herman Hartmann (violin) and with Percy Goetschius (composition). [2] She graduated in 1895 with a degree in violin performance. [2] [3] She got further training abroad in the 1920s, studying violin with Eugène Ysaÿe, Leopold Auer, William Henley, and Maurice Hewitt and viola with Henri Benoit. [3] She took lessons in composition from Nadia Boulanger and Annette Dieudonné in Paris. [3]
Music career
Klumpke gave one of her earliest recitals in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1908. [2] Beginning sometime between 1906 and 1910, Klumpke taught violin at Converse College, a woman's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and directed the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra; these positions lasted with interruptions through 1922. [2] [3] [4] During World War I, she left for a time to do war work in Europe, assisting her sister Anna, who had converted her home outside Paris into a hospital for wounded soldiers. [5] [6]
In 1928, she went on a world tour. In the mid-1930s, Klumpke returned live in San Francisco, where she was a member of several musical associations, including the Women Musicians Club and the Women's City Club (both of San Francisco), the California Composers Society, and the Music Teacher's Association of California. [2] [3] [4]
Klumpke composed over four dozen pieces of music, mainly chamber music, songs, and choral music. [3] [4] She composed a dramatic tone poem, The Twin Guardians of the Golden Gate, for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. [4]
Klumpke died in San Francisco and is buried there in the Neptune Society's Columbarium with her father and two of her sisters. [2] In her will, she left scholarships to both the San Francisco Symphony (for an outstanding string player) and Converse College. [2] Her personal papers and musical manuscripts are held in the Julia Klumpkey Collection at the New England Conservatory. [2]
Works
- Chamber works
- Quatre pièces (Four Pieces, 1932; for viola and piano)
- Second Suite for Viola and Piano (1935)
- Lullaby for Viola and Piano (1937)
- Suite for Viola and Piano: San Francisco Bay (1951)
- Sonata no. 3 for violin and cello
- Suite for small orchestra
- First trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
- Second trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
- Trio for piano, violin, and cello
- Miniature string trio
- Andante for strings
- Valse fantaisiste (Whimsical Waltz)
- Choral compositions
- "Wait on the Lord"
- " The Lord Is My Shepherd: Anthem for Mixed Quartet and Organ"
- "He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee ( Psalm 91)"
- Compositions for solo voice
- "Candle Lighting Song"
- " In Flanders Field"
- "Songs for Children"
- Other compositions
- The Twin Guardians of the Golden Gate (1939)
References
- ^ There is conflicting information about Klumke's birth year. This date is taken from a memoir by one of her sisters. See Julien Bogousslavsky, "The Klumpke Family: Memories by Doctor Déjerine, Born Augusta Klumpke". European Neurology 53:3 (2005), p. 115.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Julia Klumpkey". New England Conservatory website.
- ^ a b c d e f Klumpkey, Julia. Lullaby for Viola and Piano. David M. Bynog, ed. AVS Publications no. 45, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Mohr, Maryalice. "The Youngest of the Klumpkey Quintet: An Introduction to the Life of Julia Klumpkey". Music Library Association Northern California Chapter Newsletter, vol 16, no. 1 (Fall 2001).
- ^ The Violinist, vols. 26-28, 1920, p. 180.
- ^ Musical Courier, vol. 44, 1902, p. 94.