Clara Mannes (born Clara Damrosch; 12 December 1869, Breslau,

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– 16 March 1948,

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) was a

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-born American musician and

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. She and her brother

Frank Damrosch Frank Heino Damrosch (June 22, 1859 – October 22, 1937) was a German-born American music conductor and educator. In 1905, Damrosch founded the New York Institute of Musical Art, a predecessor of the Juilliard School. Life and career Damrosch w ...

also taught at the

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. With her husband,

David Mannes David Mannes (16 February 186625 April 1959) was an American violinist, conductor, educator, and community organizer. Biography David Mannes was born in New York in 1866. He studied the violin in Harlem with composer and violinist John Thomas ...

, she founded the David Mannes Music School in 1916, now known as the Mannes School of Music at the New School. Mannes was born in Breslau.Mannes-Damrosch collection
/ref> Her mother, Helene von Heimburg, was a former opera singer, and her father was conductor

Leopold Damrosch Leopold Damrosch (October 22, 1832 – February 15, 1885) was a German American orchestral conductor and composer. Biography Damrosch was born in Posen (Poznań), Kingdom of Prussia, the son of Heinrich Damrosch. His father was Jewish and his m ...

. Her siblings were conductors

and

Walter Damrosch Walter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862December 22, 1950) was a German-born American conductor and composer. He was the director of the New York Symphony Orchestra and conducted the world premiere performances of various works, including Geo ...

. Her parents were Lutheran (her paternal grandfather was Jewish). Her children were musician

Leopold Mannes Leopold Damrosch Mannes (December 26, 1899 – August 11, 1964) was an American musician, who, together with Leopold Godowsky Jr., created the first practical color transparency film, Kodachrome. Life and career Mannes was born in New York Cit ...

and author

Marya Mannes Marya Mannes (November 14, 1904 – September 13, 1990) was a 20th-century American writer and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes also wrote under the pen name of "Sec." Life and career Mannes lived m ...

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