Zudie Harris Reinecke

{{Short description|American composer and pianist}}

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| name = Zudie Harris Reinecke

| image = File:Zudie Harris (Aimé Dupont portrait, BPL Hale Coll).jpg

| alt = Zudie Harris, c. 1900 (photo by Aimé Dupont)

| caption = Zudie Harris, c. 1900 (photo by Aimé Dupont)

| birth_name = Zudie Harris

| birth_date = {{birth date|1870|05|31}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1924|02|02|1870|05|31}}

| death_place = Louisville, Kentucky

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| occupation = composer

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Zudie Harris Reinecke (May 31, 1870 - February 2, 1924) was an American composer and pianist.

She studied music in Berlin and Vienna for sixteen years.

{{cite news

| title = Mrs. Reinecke taken by death (obituary)

| newspaper = The Courier-Journal

| date = February 3, 1924

| pages = 8

}} and attained more popularity as a composer in Europe than in her home country. This was in part due to her songs being performed by Luli Lehmann and Scharwenka. As a pianist, she was a student of Theodor Leschetizky and Vladimir de Pachmann. She appeared as a concert pianist in Walter Damrosch's orchestra as well as for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.{{cite book|title=Biographical Extracts relating to Prominent Artists of Louisville and Kentucky|year=1939|location=Louisville, Kentucky|publisher=Louisville Free Public Library|pages=178|url=https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7dbr8mfs9h_187}}

Her father was Theodore Harris, founder of the Louisville National Banking Company, and had three sisters. She was married to William Reinecke, president of the Ohio Valley Electric Company.

She died on February 2, 1924, after several years of ill health.

The Zudie Harris Reinecke Memorial Music Scholarship Fund, is awarded to an outstanding junior in the School of Music at the University of Louisville.{{cite news

| title = Brother and Sister among Students given U of L Music Scholarships

| newspaper = The Courier-Journal

| date = September 12, 1948

| pages = 12

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.louisvillefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/musicend.pdf

| title = 6/30/15 Endowment List, School of Music

| website = University of Louisville Foundation

| access-date = March 20, 2017

}}