Rudolph Chambers Lehmann

MMD was related to several notable literary and cultural figures, including her cousin Elizabeth (Liza) Lehmann , a distinguished vocalist and composer best known for her song cycle In a Persian Garden. The song...

Another cousin, Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (whose mother, also MMD 's aunt, was born Nina Chambers ), was a journalist and oarsman. He was on the editorial board of—and published in—Punch.

RL 's father, Rudolph Chambers Lehmann , came from a family of cosmopolitan musicians and painters; his paternal grandfather was an accomplished German violinist and miniaturist in the Free City of Hamburg. Rudolph's father became...

A frequent visitor to the household was RL 's father's cousin Amelia Lehmann Pain . She was married to writer Barry Pain , her sister was composer Liza Lehmann ; they were the daughters of...