Love's Enduring Story

Whimsical Love of Cupid and Psyche

Dante and Beatrice: A Pilgrimage of Love

Tragic Love of Abelard and Heloïse

Forbidden Love of Romeo and Juliet

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Rent by Circumstance

Love's Rejuvenation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

When You Play in the Game of Love

Colby-Cobb Romance

Celeste Marlatt and Eli Davis

“To You, From Me”

The Romantic Nora Clench

Music is the language of love.

For the people of St. Marys, Ontario, in the late 19th century, the most romantic figure was a young violinist, Nora Clench (1867–1938). A musical prodigy, Nora inspired great love and admiration during her extraordinary life. By the time she was 12, she was performing throughout southern Ontario. At 17, she went to study in Leipzig, Germany. She then began a remarkable career as a concert violinist, eventually establishing her own string quartet in London, England. Nora's visits home became infrequent, but St. Marys remained enormously proud of her and celebrated her success.

Nora Clench as a Young Child with Her Violin

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