Anna Lang (harpist) explained

Anna Lang
Birth Name:Anna Nordqvist
Birth Date:5 July 1874
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Date:12 December 1920
Death Place:Lidingö, 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.

Life and work

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.

Anna Lang died on 12 December 1920 in Lidingö. She and her husband are buried in Lidingö cemetery.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anna Lang, Kungliga Hovkapellet . 2022-03-08 . www.hovkapellet.com.
  2. Web site: Hildebrand . Albin . 61 (Svenskt porträttgalleri / XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister (biografier af Adolf Lindgren & Nils Personne)) Swedish portrait gallery . 2022-03-08 . runeberg.org . sv.
  3. Web site: Intervju med harpisten Ingrid Fagerström Kungliga Hovkapellet Royal Swedish Orchestra . 2022-03-08 . sv-SE.