Anna Margaretha Spoerri Renfer (1896-1984) was a Swiss composer [1] who wrote music for cello, piano, and voice. [2]
Renfer was born in Biel/Bienne. She studied piano as a child, then attended the Bern Conservatory, [3] the University of Bern, the Conservatory of Bienne, and studied privately in Gstaad. Her teachers included Adrian Aeschbacher, Edwin Fischer, Ernst Levy, Josef Pembauer, Hermann Scherchen, and Rudolf Serkin. [4]
Renfer's music was published by Hug (today Gebrüder Hug & Co.) [5] Her compositions included:
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