Carl Langlotz studied with Franz Liszt and played in the orchestra at the premiere of Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” At 19, he emigrated to the United States and lived much of his life in Philadelphia, Trenton, and Princeton – in the case of the latter for some 25 years. But he would be long forgotten now – a footnote of a footnote in the most arcane of music histories – if not for “Old Nassau,” which he essentially dashed off while enjoying a smoke one afternoon on Mercer Street. His spirit endures in Princeton University’s alma mater, which will be sung incessantly at Reunions, poised to engulf the town this weekend. Learn more about Langlotz in my article in – also the cover story of – this week’s U.S. 1 Newspaper – PrincetonInfo, out today.

https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/coverstories/in-praise-of-old-nassau-meet-its-composer/article_3729e04e-f982-11ed-acc8-53b68127b320.html