Karl Doppler

Franz and Karl Doppler

Karl Doppler (born September 12, 1825 in Lemberg , † March 10, 1900 in Stuttgart ) was a Hungarian-German composer .

Franz Doppler's brother was a flute virtuoso and music director at the theater in Budapest until 1865 , then from 1865 to 1898 court conductor in Stuttgart . He composed several Hungarian operas (including A gránátos tábor - The Camp of the Grenadiers , 1853), music for Hungarian folk pieces, a collection of Hungarian folk dances and choirs. His son Árpád Doppler also worked as a composer. His daughter Olga Doppler-Alsen was a stage actress. Harry Alsen , also a stage actor, who was married to his son-in-law.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Doppler, Karl (in his brother's article) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 372 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Doppler, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, p. 393 ( digitized version ).
• Doppler Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 196.
• Nicolas Slonimsky: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York 1958, 394, online .
• Uwe Harten : Doppler, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Carl Doppler in the International Music Score Library Project
• List of stage works by Karl Doppler based on the MGG in Operone