Born Ernst Heinrich Franz Pepping in Duisburg, Pepping first studied to be a teacher. In 1958 she sang in the premiere of "Te Deum" by Ernst Pepping in Dresden. Ernst Pepping composed in 1937 an (motet on gospel text) . Ernst Pepping composed a motet for men's chorus a cappella in 1957. It was obvious to me that it badly needed pepping up. Pepping first wrote severe works with "uncompromising dissonance". Pepping composed mostly instrumental music until 1928. Pepping received honorary doctorates from the (1961) and the Kirchliche Hochschule Berlin (1971). Pepping taught again at the Berliner Hochschule from 1947 to 1968.