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Anna Lang (harpist)

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Anna Lang
Born
Anna Nordqvist

5 July 1874
Stockholm, Sweden
Died12 December 1920
Lidingö, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materRoyal College of Music, Stockholm
OccupationHarpist
SpouseJosef Lang
ChildrenIngrid Lang
FatherConrad Nordqvist

Anna Lang, née Nordqvist (Stockholm, 5 July 1874 – 12 December 1920) was a Swedish court harpist.

Life and work

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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]

See also

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Sources

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  • Anna Lang, född Nordqvist i Adolf Lindgren och Nils Personne, Svenskt porträttgalleri (1897), volym XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister
  • Profil på Hovkapellets webbplats.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Anna Lang, Kungliga Hovkapellet". www.hovkapellet.com. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "Intervju med harpisten Ingrid Fagerström | Kungliga Hovkapellet | Royal Swedish Orchestra" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.