Editing David Popper (section)

==Life==
Popper was born in [[Prague]], and studied music at the [[Prague Conservatory]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book |title=Československý hudební slovník II. M-Ž |editor=Černušák, Gracián |editor2=Štědroň, Bohumír |editor3=Nováček, Zdenko|year=1963 |publisher=Státní hudební vydavatelství |location=Prague |pages=345 |language=cs}}</ref> His family was [[Jewish]].<ref>Steven Beller, ''Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History'', Cambridge University Press (1990), p. 25</ref><ref>Evan Burr Bukey, ''Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi Austria'', Cambridge University Press (2010), pp. 7–8</ref> He studied the cello under [[Julius Goltermann]] (1825–1876) and soon attracted attention. He made his first tour in 1863; in Germany he was praised by [[Hans von Bülow]], son-in-law of [[Franz Liszt]], who recommended him as Chamber Virtuoso in the court of [[Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Prince von Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] in [[Löwenberg]]. In 1864, he premiered [[Robert Volkmann]]'s Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33, with Hans von Bülow conducting the [[Berlin Philharmonic]]. He lost this job a couple of years later due to the prince's death.

He made his debut in Vienna in 1867, and was made principal cellist at the [[Vienna State Opera|Hofoper]]. From 1868 to 1870 he was also a member of the [[Hellmesberger Quartet]].<ref>Potter, ''[[Cambridge Companions to Music|The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet]]'', p.44</ref> In 1872, he married pianist [[Sophie Menter]],<ref name=autogenerated1/> a pupil of Liszt who later joined the staff at the [[St. Petersburg Conservatory]]. In 1873, Popper resigned from his post at the Hofoper so as to continue his tours with his wife on a larger scale, giving concerts throughout Europe. Popper's and Menter's marriage was dissolved in 1886.

That year, Liszt recommended Popper for a teaching position at the newly opened string department at the [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music|Conservatory at Budapest]]. In Budapest, he participated in the [[Budapest Quartet (Hubay)|Budapest Quartet]] with [[Jenő Hubay]].<ref name="Campbell, p. 71">Campbell, ''The Cambridge Companion to the Cello'', p. 71</ref> He and Hubay performed chamber music on more than one occasion with [[Johannes Brahms]], including the premiere of Brahms's [[Piano Trio No. 3 (Brahms)|Piano Trio No. 3]] in Budapest, on December 20, 1886.<ref>Clive, ''Brahms and His World:A Biographical Dictionary'', p. xxvii, xxviii,xxix</ref>

Popper died in [[Baden bei Wien|Baden]], near [[Vienna]].<ref name=autogenerated1/>

Among his notable students were [[Arnold Földesy]], [[Jenő Kerpely]], [[Mici Lukács]], [[Ludwig Lebell]] and [[Adolf Schiffer]] (teacher of [[János Starker]]).<ref name="Campbell, p. 71"/>

David Popper was one of the last great cellists who did not use an [[endpin]]. An 1880 drawing of Popper playing in a string quartet shows that although he started his cello career without using an endpin, he adopted it later in his life.<ref>{{cite book|title=David Popper|first=Steven|last=De'ak|publisher=Paganiniana Publications|year=1980|page=144}}</ref> An old edition of the ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'' described him thus: "His tone is large and full of sentiment; his execution highly finished, and his style classical."