Louis A. Coerne

Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870-1922) was born in Newark, New Jersey. He studied under John Knowles Paine at Harvard University and under Rheinberger at the Stuttgart Conservatory, Germany. He taught at Smith College, Harvard, and Connecticut College. He wrote pedagogical pieces for piano, and his compositions include orchestral works, operas, cantatas and anthems. His opera Zenobia premiered in Bremen, Germany, and was the first opera by an American composer to be performed in Germany. He died in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Op. 160, No. 1

’Tis Spring!

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Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Op. 160, No. 2

Sunset

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Op. 160, No. 3

The Rising of the Storm

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Opus 162, No. 1

Waken, lords and ladies gay

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Sir Walter Scott
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Opus 162, No. 2

The Wooing

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