C. Paul Herfurth

Who is C. Paul Herfurth?

Clarence Paul Herfurth was the first author of the Tune a Day books, which are used across the English speaking world to teach music. According to A Tune a Day: Trombone or Euphonium, Herfurth was born in 1893, and "began violin lessons at the age of seven and studied in Germany for a year before entering the New England Conservatory of Music in 1911. Graduating in 1916, his first school position was at Asheville, North Carolina. In 1922 he moved to New Jersey and organised that state's first full instrumental music program. Although best known for his Tune a Day books, Herfurth also edited and arranged many collections for violin, cello and viola with piano. He now lives in retirement in Florida." This source explains that Herfurth later enlisted the services of Hugh M. Stuart and other writers to expand the coverage of the books.

According to his Library of Congress name authority record Herfurth, C. Paul was born died in 1988, and the record adds the information from the Social Security Death Index "".