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 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.

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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