Árpád Doppler (5 June 1857 – 13 August 1927) was a Hungarian-German composer.
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Born | (1857-06-05)June 5, 1857 Budapest |
Died | August 13, 1927(1927-08-13) (aged 70) |
Parent(s) | Karl 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 Germany 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.[citation needed]
He died in Stuttgart in 1927.[1]
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