Árpád Doppler
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Árpád Doppler was a Hungarian
-German
composer
.
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 taught at the Conservatory in Stuttgart. From 1889, he was also a choir leader at the court opera. He died in Stuttgart.
He composed several orchestral works, choral works, and lieder. His compositional style is reminiscent at times of Edvard Grieg
.
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Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
-German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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He was born in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, the son of Karl Doppler
Karl Doppler
Karl Doppler was a Hungarian flute virtuoso, conductor, music director, composer. He was the younger brother of the composer Franz Doppler and father of the composer Árpád Doppler....
and he studied at the Conservatory of Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. From 1880 to 1883 he was a teacher at the Grand Conservatory in New York City
New York City
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, after which he taught at the Conservatory in Stuttgart. From 1889, he was also a choir leader at the court opera. He died in Stuttgart.
He composed several orchestral works, choral works, and lieder. His compositional style is reminiscent at times of Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
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