Elza Löthner-Rahmn

Elza Johanna Löthner-Rahmn (21 June 1872 - 1933)[1] was a Swedish composer, organist, pianist, and teacher who lived in America for several years and directed a music school in Massachusetts. She published and performed as Elza Löthner or Elza Löthner-Rahmn.[2][3]

Biography

Löthner-Rahmn was born in Koping, Sweden, to  Alice L’Orange and Axel Löthner. She graduated from Stockholm’s Royal College of Music in 1889, and from the Virgil Piano School in New York in 1897. In 1900, she married Captain Magnus A. Rahmn[4] in Boston[3] and they had one daughter.[5] In 1915, she accompanied the contralto Zella Kulp Lewis on a recital at Ellis Island arranged by the Commissioner of Immigration Frederic C. Howe.[6]

Löthner-Rahmn was a member of the International Society of Pianoforte Teachers and Players. She organized music clubs in Sweden and America,[7] and  founded the Löthner Music School in Worcester, Massachusetts, before returning to Stockholm, where she worked as an organist until her death.[3]

Works

Löthner-Rahmn composed songs and works for piano,[8] which were published by Elkan & Schildknecht[9] and Miles & Thompson.[10] They included:

Piano

  • Fourth of July March[10]
  • Furusunds-luft[9]
  • Pianospelets Utveckling[12]

Vocal

  • Adrift (text by Anne Ayres Watson)[13]
  • Ellis Island Tots (text by John J. Camara)[14]

References

  1. ^ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog. Music reference collection. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  2. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music USA. p. 570. ISBN 978-0-9617485-0-0.
  3. ^ a b c Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). Who's Who in America. A.N. Marquis. p. 1161.
  4. ^ "Magnus Rahmn". www.geni.com. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  5. ^ The American Swedish Monthly. Swedish Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. 1948.
  6. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1912). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
  7. ^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. New York: Richards Rosen Press Inc. p. 27.
  8. ^ Wier, Albert E. (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1502.
  9. ^ a b "LIBRIS - Furusunds-luft". libris.kb.se. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  10. ^ a b "The Fourth of July". cdm.bostonathenaeum.org. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  11. ^ "Kort 20650: Löthner, Elza". Musikkatalogen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  12. ^ "LIBRIS - Pianospelets utveckling". libris.kb.se. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  13. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1912). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
  14. ^ "LIBRIS - The Ellis Island tots". libris.kb.se. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
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