She was born Carolina Wilhelmine Franziska Meyer-Estorf in
Bromberg in northern
Poland, In three parts, it provides information about singing technique for beginners, a case history exemplifying points, and use of the voice in songs. Lieder singer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau wrote in his "Introduction" that he was "tempted to memorize whole sections of it for inspiration". He expressed a wish that non-musicians would also read it in order to become more aware of the "height and depth" of the singer's experience of singing. A review in English considered that the book was "very readable" with a "pleasant style", and recommended it to the general reader "interested in learning more about the complexities of the 'human' instrument." Martienssen-Lohmann died in Düsseldorf aged 83. Sigrid Gloede and Ruth Grünhagen wrote a biography
Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann – Ein Leben für die Sänger (... a life for the singers), published in 1993. Among her students are the contralto
Hanna Ludwig and the tenor
Hermin Esser. == Works ==