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Josephine Lang
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Josephine Lang (March 14, 1815 in Munich— December 2, 1880 in Tübingen) was a German composer. Fortunate enough to be born into a family rich with musical talent, Josephine Lang was the daughter of Theodor Lang, a violinist, and Regina Hitzelberger, opera singer. Her mother taught young Josephine how to play piano, and from age five it became apparent that Josephine possessed great potential as a composer. As early as age eleven Josephine started giving piano lessons herself. Through her godfather, Joseph Stieler, Josephine was exposed to some of the greatest artists of her time. Both Felix Mendelssohn and Ferdinand Hiller went to great lengths to ensure that Josephine learned the proper theory for song-writing, and used their connections to publish Josephine’s music. Even Robert Schumann published a song of Josephine’s in Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in 1838. From a very young age Josephine had always been described as having a “weak constitution”. Thus she was always struggling to keep up her pedagogy and performance while simultaneously maintaining her health. Once during a performance for the king and queen of Bavaria, Queen Caroline Augusta of Bavaria took notice of Josephine’s poor state of health and arranged for Josephine to Wildbad Kreuth in the German Alps to recover. During her stay at the Alps, Josephine met Christian Reinhold Köstlin, a lawyer who also took to writing poetry on the side. According to all sources, the two fell in love almost instantaneously and sha
top songs
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An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See)
32826 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 14 (Arr. for Double Bass and Piano by Lorraine Campet): No. 1, O sehntest du dich so nach mir
1433Traumbild
1374Liederbuch, Vol. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Piano by Lorraine Campet): No. 5, Wie glänzt so hell dein Auge
1055Blick' nach oben
856O sehntest du dich
847Frühzeitiger Frühling
848Mignons Klage
839Die Schwalben
8310Herbstgefühl
81albums
Josephine Lang: Lieder
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Josephine Lang: An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See) [Arr. for Cello, Violin & Piano by Jan-Peter Klöpfel]
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Lang: Deutsche Lieder, Op. 14: No. 1, O sehntest Du Dich so nach mir (Arr. for Double Bass and Piano by Lorraine Campet)
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Lang: Drei Klavierstücke: III. Heimweh
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Lang: Liederbuch, Vol. 2: No. 16, Herbst-gefühl (Arr. for Double Bass and Piano by Lorraine Campet)
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Âmes sœurs
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6 German Lieder
Josephine Lang: An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See) [Arr. for
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Josephine Lang - Lieder
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Wie glänzt so Hell
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Lieder von Josephine Lang
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Vocal Music - Lenz, L. / Huber, N. / Henselt, A. / Stuntz, J.H. / Loehle, F.X. (The Longing of King) (Die Singphoniker)