Career
He emigrated to the United States. in 1939. He had mixed success with his Broadway musical comedies. The couple had two sons: Documentary filmmaker, television writer/director and author Peter Lengsfelder and experimental filmmaker John Lengsfelder.
In addition to the Duke Ellington jazz standard Perdido (written by Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake and Lengsfelder), Hans Lengsfelder"s songs and plays are still performed in Europe."Sag" Beim Abschied Leise Servus", recorded in the United States. by Josephine Baker, Gloria Lynne and others, is still considered a classic in Europe.
He is also known for his lyrics to "Eine kleine Fruhlingsweise" after A. Dvorak"s Humoresques, Operation
