Árpád Doppler

Árpád Doppler (5 June 1857 – 13 August 1927) was a Hungarian-German composer.

The native form of this personal name is Doppler Árpád. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Árpád Doppler
Born(1857-06-05)5 June 1857
Budapest
Died13 August 1927(1927-08-13) (aged 70)
Stuttgart
ParentKarl Doppler

He was born in Budapest, the son of Karl Doppler, and he studied at the Conservatory of Stuttgart. From 1880 to 1883 he was a teacher at the Grand Conservatory in New York City, after which he returned to the German Empire in order to teach at the Conservatory in Stuttgart. From 1889, he was also a choir leader at the court opera in Stuttgart.[1][2]

He composed several works for piano and for orchestra, choral works, lieder, and operas. His comic opera Halixula was first performed in 1891 at the court opera in Stuttgart;[1] Viel Lärm um Nichts, based on Much Ado about Nothing, had its first performance in Leipzig in 1896. [3][4]

His compositional style is reminiscent at times of Edvard Grieg.

He died in Stuttgart in 1927.[1]

References
  1. Gárdonyi, Zoltán. "Doppler family". Grove Music Online.
  2. Institut für kunst-und musikhistorische Forschungen (2002). "Doppler, Familie Albert Franz". ISBN 978-3-7001-3043-7 (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. Griffel, Margaret Ross (2018). "Viel Lärm um Nichts". Operas in German: A Dictionary. Vol. 1. p. 510.
  4. Nicolas Slonimsky: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York 1958, Seite 394, online.


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