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Benjamin Johnson Lang

Benjamin Johnson Lang was an American composer, conductor, pianist and musician (1837–1909). He was born at Salem and died at Boston.

Benjamin Johnson Lang in brief

Born
1837
Died
1909
Known for
composer, conductor, pianist and musician
Place of birth
Salem
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Formation and teaching

He trained under Alfred Jaëll and Franz Liszt.

As a teacher, Benjamin Johnson Lang is recorded in connection with Mary Knight Wood. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Identity

What the record establishes about Benjamin Johnson Lang.

Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta is dated 1936, printed 1936-37 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2016.341). Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California is dated 1936, printed later and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2008.421). Strangeways Research Laboratory is dated c.1901-1999 and held by Wellcome Collection. Thomas Hodgkin MD (1798-1866) is dated 1790-1872 and held by Wellcome Collection. Benjamin Johnson Lang is recorded as composer, conductor, pianist and musician. The Art Institute of Chicago records 2 objects associated with this heading.

Benjamin Johnson Lang is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Wellcome Collection records 2 objects associated with this heading. Open Library catalogues 2 works under this name.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Benjamin Johnson Lang may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Benjamin Johnson Lang is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q817556.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Lang, Benjamin Johnson (1837-1909), organist, pianist, and choral conductor, American National Biography Online, 2000.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1837Benjamin Johnson Lang born at Salem.
  2. 1837Benjamin Johnson Lang was born in 1837 at Salem.
  3. 1901Strangeways Research Laboratory (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1901Strangeways Research Laboratory is dated c.1901-1999 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1909Benjamin Johnson Lang died at Boston.
  6. 1909Benjamin Johnson Lang died in 1909 at Boston.
  7. 1936Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  8. 1936Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  9. 1936Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta is dated 1936, printed 1936-37 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2016.341).
  10. 1936Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California is dated 1936, printed later and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2008.421).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Lang, Benjamin Johnson (1837-1909), organist, pianist, and choral conductor, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Benjamin Johnson Lang (Internet Archive), 2 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Benjamin Johnson Lang as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Benjamin Johnson Lang.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  5. 5.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Benjamin Johnson Lang.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q817556: Benjamin Johnson Lang

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “Benjamin Johnson Lang”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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