Anna Lang (harpist) (original) (raw)
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Swedish harpist
| Anna Lang | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anna Nordqvist5 July 1874Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 12 December 1920Lidingö, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Music, Stockholm |
| Occupation | Harpist |
| Spouse | Josef Lang |
| Children | Ingrid Lang |
| Father | Conrad Nordqvist |
Anna Lang, née Nordqvist (Stockholm, 5 July 1874 – 12 December 1920) was a Swedish court harpist.
Lang was the daughter of the conductor of the Kungliga Hovkapellet, Conrad Nordqvist.[1] She received the von Beskow scholarship in 1883, became a student at Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1887, and was a harpist at Hovkapellet from 1890 until her death in 1920.[2][3]
She married her teacher, the harp composer Josef Lang in 1895; their daughter, Ingrid Lang-Fagerström (1897–1990), was also a harpist in Hovkapellet, the Swedish royal chapel orchestra until 1962.[1][2][3]
Anna Lang died on 12 December 1920 in Lidingö. She and her husband are buried in Lidingö cemetery.[3]
- Charlotta Seuerling
- Marie Pauline Åhman
- Anna Lang, född Nordqvist i Adolf Lindgren och Nils Personne, Svenskt porträttgalleri (1897), volym XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister
- Profil på Hovkapellets webbplats.
- ^ a b "Anna Lang, Kungliga Hovkapellet". www.hovkapellet.com. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ a b Hildebrand, Albin. "61 (Svenskt porträttgalleri / XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister (biografier af Adolf Lindgren & Nils Personne)) Swedish portrait gallery". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ a b c "Intervju med harpisten Ingrid Fagerström | Kungliga Hovkapellet | Royal Swedish Orchestra" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.