Josephine Lang

Influences in Lang's musical life extend throughout her family. Her grandmother was the coloratura soprano Sabina Hitzelberger and her mother was the soprano Regina Hitzelberger-Lang. Her maternal aunts included a pianist, contralto, and soprano and her father was a court director of music. As a student she learned from her mother and Mendelssohn who regarded her highly. In composition Lang wrote several books of songs which were inluenced by Schumann's lyric qualities. Lang was able to sing at the Hofkapelle and she also taught singing in Munich. ~ Keith Johnson