David Popper
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David Popper (June 16, 1843 – August 7, 1913) was a Bohemian cellist and composer.[1]
Life
Popper was born in
He made his debut in Vienna in 1867, and was made principal cellist at the
That year, Liszt recommended Popper for a teaching position at the newly opened string department at the
Popper died in Baden, near Vienna.[2]
Among his notable students were Arnold Földesy, Jenő Kerpely, Mici Lukács, Ludwig Lebell and Adolf Schiffer (teacher of János Starker).[6]
David Popper was one of the last great cellists who did not use an
Works
Popper was a prolific composer of cello music, writing four concertos (or five, since Joseph Haydn's fifth cello concerto is written by David Popper), a Requiem for three cellos and orchestra (1891) and a number of smaller pieces which are still played today, including the solo piece Tarantella. His shorter showpieces were written to highlight the unique sound and style of the cello, extending the instrument's range with pieces such as Spinnlied (Spinning Song), Elfentanz (Dance of the Elves), or the Ungarische Rhapsodie (Hungarian Rhapsody), which was published by the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag.[9] He also wrote instructional pieces. Popper is also known for his High School of Cello Playing (Op. 73), a book of cello études that is widely used by advanced cello students.
- Op. 2, Five Songs for Soprano
- Op. 3, Scenes From a Masked Ball, cello and piano
- No. 1, Arlequin (Harlequin) in F Major
- No. 2, Warum? (Why?) in A Major
- No. 3, Erzählung (Story) in E Major
- No. 4, Papillon (Butterfly) in D Major
- No. 5, Begegnung (Meeting) in F Major
- No. 6, Lied (Song) in G Major
- Op. 5, Romance, cello and piano
- Op. 8, Concerto No. 1 in D minor, cello and orchestra
- Op. 10, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Sarabande
- No. 2, Gavotte, in D minor
- No. 3, Trio-Pastoral
- Op. 11, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Widmung
- No. 2, Humoreske
- No. 3, Mazurka in G minor
- Op. 12, Mazurka in D minor, cello and piano
- Op. 14, Polonaise de concert, cello and piano
- Chanson d'autrefois, cello and piano
- Op. 16, Suite for two cellos
- March for two cellos
- Op. 18, Sérénade orientale, cello and piano
- Op. 22, Nocturne in G major, cello and piano
- Op. 23, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, [n. d.]
- No. 2, Gavotte in D major
- Op. 24, Concerto No. 2 in E minor, for cello and orchestra
- Op. 27, Preludes for cello solo
- No. 1, Andante serioso; [n. d.]
- Op. 28, Concert-Polonaise No. 2 in F major, cello and piano
- Op. 32, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Nocturne
- No. 2, Mazurka in A major
- Op. 33, Tarantella, cello and piano
- Op. 35, Four Mazurkas, cello and piano
- Op. 38, Barcarolle in G major, cello and piano
- Op. 39, Dance of the Elves, cello and piano
- Op. 40, Three Songs (for Soprano or Tenor)
- Op. 41, Nocturne, cello and piano
- Op. 42, Three Nocturnes, cello and piano
- Op. 43, Fantasy on Little Russian Songs, cello and piano
- Op. 46, 2 Transcriptions for Cello and Piano
- No. 1, Schlummerlied aus der “Mainacht" by Rimsky-Korsakov
- No. 2, Träurmerei aus den “Kinderszenen” by Schumann
- Op. 47, Nocturne No.4 in B Minor for cello and piano
- Op. 48, Menuetto in D major, cello and piano
- Op. 49, Kaiser-Marsch zur Krönung Seiner Majestät Kaiser Alexander III. for Orchestra
- Op. 50, Im Walde, Suite for cello and orchestra
- No. 1, Eintritt (Entrance)
- No. 2, Gnomentanz (Gnomes Dance)
- No. 3, Andacht (Devotion)
- No. 4, Reigen (Round Dance)
- No. 5, Herbstblume (Autumn Flower)
- No. 6, Heimkehr (Homecoming)
- Op. 51, Six Mazurkas, cello and piano
- Op. 54, Spanish Dances, cello and piano
- No. 1, Zur Gitarre
- No. 2, Serenade
- No. 3, Spanische Tänze
- No. 4, L'Andalouse
- No. 5, Vito
- Op. 55, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Spinning Song
- No. 2, Hunting Piece
- Op. 59, Concerto No. 3 in G major, cello and orchestra
- Op. 60, Walzer Suite, cello and piano
- Op. 62, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, La Mémoire
- No. 2, La Chanson villageoise (Village Song)
- No. 3, La Berceuse
- Op. 64, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Wie einst in schöner’n tagen (Once in Fairer Days)
- No. 2, Tarantelle, in A major
- No. 3, Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
- Op. 65, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Adagio
- No. 2, Menuetto
- No. 3, Polonaise
- Op. 66, Requiem, for three cellos and piano (originally for three cellos and orchestra)
- Op. 67, Pieces for cello and piano
- No. 1, Largo
- No. 2, Gavotte in D minor
- No. 3, [n. d.]
- No. 4, Gavotte in D minor
- Op. 68, Hungarian Rhapsody, cello and piano
- Op. 69, Suite for cello and piano
- Largo à l'ancienne mode
- Op. 71, Scottish Fantasy, cello and piano
- Op. 72, Concerto No. 4 in B minor, cello and orchestra
- Op. 73, High School of Cello Playing (Hohe Schule des Violoncellospiels): Forty Études for Cello Solo
- Op. 74, String Quartet in C minor
- Op. 75, Serenade, cello and piano
- Op. 76, Zehn mittelschwere große Etüden [a/k/a Studies (Preparatory to Op. 73)]
- Op. 76a, Fünfzehn leichte melodisch-rhythmische Etüden
- Op. 81, Gavotte in A Major for Cello and Piano
Works with unknown or no opus number
- Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 5 in C-Major, Hob. VIIb:5 (This work is not written by Haydn, and is in fact written by David Popper)[10]
- Cadenzas for cello
- Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto in A minor, Op. 33
- Robert Volkmann: Cello Concerto in A minor
- Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
- Molique, B.: Cello Concerto in D major
- Romance in G major for cello and piano, originally for violin and piano
- Chant du soir, cello and piano
Arrangements and transcriptions for cello and piano
- Bach, J.S., Arie aus der D-dur Suite
- Chopin, Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2
- Campioni, Minuet Pastoral
- Cherubini, Ave Maria
- Giordani, Caro mio ben
- Handel, Largo; Sarabande
- Jámbor, Nocturne, Op. 8, No. 1
- Jensen, Murmelndes Lüftchen, Op. 21, No. 4
- Mendelssohn, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; Reiselied, Op. 19, No. 6
- Pergolesi, Nina (Tre giorni)
- Purcell, Aria
- Rubinstein, Mélodie, Op. 3, No. 1
- Schubert, Du bist die Ruh’; Ave Maria, Op. 52, No. 4; Der Neugierige; Sei mir gegrüsst; Litanei auf das Fest "Allerseelen"; An die Musik
- Schumann, Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7; Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12; Schlummerlied, Op. 124, No. 16
- Svendsen, Romance in G-major, op. 26
- Tchaikovsky, Song Without Words, Op 2, No. 3; Chanson triste, Op. 40, No. 2; Barcarolle, Op. 37, No. 6; Perce-Niegre, Op. 37, No. 4; Chant d’automne, Op. 37, No. 10
Notes
- ISBN 1-56159-239-0. Some other sources list his date of birth as December 9, 1843.
- ^ a b c Černušák, Gracián; Štědroň, Bohumír; Nováček, Zdenko, eds. (1963). Československý hudební slovník II. M-Ž (in Czech). Prague: Státní hudební vydavatelství. p. 345.
- ^ Steven Beller, Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History, Cambridge University Press (1990), p. 25
- ^ Evan Burr Bukey, Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi Austria, Cambridge University Press (2010), pp. 7–8
- The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet, p.44
- ^ a b Campbell, The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, p. 71
- ^ Clive, Brahms and His World:A Biographical Dictionary, p. xxvii, xxviii,xxix
- ^ De'ak, Steven (1980). David Popper. Paganiniana Publications. p. 144.
- ^ Aufführungstermine Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag 2011 (in German)
- ^ Rummel, Martin; Leonovich, Yuriy (23 September 2021). "Cello Concerto in C Major". David Popper. Martin Rummel. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
References
- Campbell, Margaret (1999). "Nineteenth-century virtuosi". In Stowell,Robin (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge University Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-521-62928-4.
- Clive, Peter (2006). Brahms and His World:A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. pp. xxvii, xxviii, xxix. ISBN 0-8108-5721-9.
- De'ak, Stephen (1980). David Popper. Neptune City, NJ: Paganiniana Publ. ISBN 0-87666-621-7.
- This article incorporates text from a publication that prior to 1923, is in the public domain: The Etude, Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Company
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(help) - Potter, Tully (1999). "From chamber to concert hall". In Stowell,Robin (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-521-00042-4.
- Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John, eds. (2000). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN 1-56159-239-0.