Langer, Leopol'd Fyodorovich
(1802–1885)
Langer, Leopol'd Fyodorovich (1802; 2–8–1885, M.). Organist, pedagogue, and comp. Father of E. Langer . Studied in Vienna with Hummel, met Beethoven, and was acquainted with Schubert. In the 1820s settled in M., where he held church and teaching positions, incl. at the M. Cons. (1869–79). His brother Ferdinand Langer was a comp. of greater talent, who wrote pf works such as Corsair (1848), and Elegies and Idylls (1850) and transcriptions of pieces by Schumann and of romances by A. Ye. Varlamov…