Nora Clench

Nora Clench
Background information
Birth name	Esther Leonora Clench
Born	May 6, 1867(1867-05-06) St. Marys, Canada West, United Province of Canada
Died	May 17, 1938(1938-05-17) (aged 71) Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Instruments	Violin
Years active	1889–1908

Nora Clench (May 6, 1867 – May 17, 1938) was a Canadian violinist.

Biography

Born Esther Leonora Clench in St. Marys, Canada West, the daughter of L. M. Clench, Clench attended Loretto Convent in Hamilton, Ontario. A musical child prodigy, when she was fifteen she entered the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany, where she was a pupil of Adolph Brodsky, the Russian violinist. After graduating in 1889, she became first violinist and leader of an orchestra in Buffalo, New York. Later, she toured in Europe and moved to London. The Times said the following about her: "Her tone is superb and her technique excellent".

She retired in 1908 when she married the Australian painter Arthur Streeton. She moved to Australia in 1924, becoming Lady Streeton upon his knighthood in 1937. She died in Toorak, Victoria, Australia in 1938.

References

• Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Volume 1)
• Nora Clench at The Canadian Encyclopedia

External links

• The Romantic Nora Clench
• Nora Clench on Picture St. Marys

Persondata
Name	Clench, Nora
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 6, 1867
Place of birth
Date of death	May 17, 1938
Place of death