Wurm was born as
Mary Josephine Agnes Würm in England, the sister of
Alice Verne-Bredt,
Mathilde Verne, and
Adela Verne. She lived in Stuttgart as a child, but later returned to London. She studied music in Frankfurt am Main at the
Hoch Conservatory, where she joined
Olga Radecki in the first composition class the Conservatory opened to women. Her teachers included
Clara Schumann,
Joachim Raff,
Elisabeth Caland and
Charles Villiers Stanford. Wurm became a noted pianist, and in 1898 founded and conducted a women's orchestra in
Berlin. She wrote a piano school according to Caland´s teachings. Her nephew was
John Vallier. In 1914, Verne published a Practical Preschool collection to be used as teaching material at
Elisabeth Caland in Hannover. ==Works==