Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann

In an on-line quest for something totally unrelated, I came upon this photo of Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann; something about her face intrigued me and I began to search for information about her.  

Watch a brief video about this lieder singer who became a notable – though now largely forgotten – voice teacher; as prelude, another video links Mme. Martienssen-Lohmann to the great soprano Elisabeth Grummer.

Mme. Martienssen-Lohmann wrote five books on various aspects of singing; aside from Elisabeth Grummer, other singers who worked with Martiessen-Lohmann included Maria Stader, Ingrid Bjoner, Jutta Vulpius and Judith Beckmann.