When I said goodbye to my concert audience in New York in 1951, in the beloved Town Hall that was like my home, I believed that I was now going to retire completely from all musical activity. I had served the world with my singing for a lifetime and felt that it was...
Beethoven’s “Andenken” 2. Das Lied (Im Algemeinen) 3. Lieder in LL’s Karriere Es hört hier unvollendet auf. 4. LL: Ihre Karriere
Lotte Lehmann sang for the armed forces on a number of occasions. Beaumont Glass wrote: “Whether at Town Hall or an army base, her warm personality, along with her voice, quickly won the hearts of her audiences, soldiers as well as civilians. After an...
Marlina Deasy Hartanto submitted a paper on Lehmann called “Exploring Expressive Lied Performance: Re-enacting Lotte Lehmann’s Pre-World War II Lied Performances,” as a master project for the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague on November 9, 2021. We were...
• Lotte Lehmann’s poems from her Gedichte of 1969 with my translations or those of Judy Sutcliffe Page 7 Wegstürzend Telegrafenpfähle – Grauweißen Rauchs geballtes Wolkenspiel – Mein Zug, zu ewig fernem Ziel Hinrasend, stampft gewohnte Melodie Durch weite,...
