Presents
Franz Doppler
Duettino Americain for Flute, Violin and Piano, Op.37
Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883) was born in the city of Lemberg, then part of the Austrian Habsburg Empire, today Lviv in Ukraine. He received music lessons from his father, who served as a music director in Lemberg and Warsaw. Doppler, who became a flute virtuoso toured throughout Europe, along with his brother Karl who also was a flute virtuoso . Subsequently, Doppler took composition lessons from Franz Liszt and became a fine composer. Most of his works were for flute in some form or another, however, he also wrote several successful operas and was widely considered a superb orchestrator. His orchestrations of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, published with Liszt's permission, are still used today. He settled in Budapest for a number of years serving as principal flautist and then conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Subsequent to this, he moved to Vienna where he became chief conductor of the Vienna Court Orchestra and a Professor of Flute at the Vienna Conservatory.
His Duettino Americain for Flute, Violin and Piano is one of several show pieces he composed, presumably to be performed by himself and a fine violinist and pianist. It dates from 1880 and was given its title as it uses several well-known American songs including, Hail Columbia, the Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, and something Doppler called the Boatman's Dance.
A tour d'force to be sure. Not available for long periods of time, we are pleased to offer it now.
Parts: $19.95
