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DAVID POPPER (1846— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 91 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAVID See also:POPPER (1846— )  , Bohemian violoncellist, was See also:born at See also:Prague, and educated musically at the conservatorium there, adopting the 'cello as his professional See also:instrument . He was soon recognized, largely through von Billow, as one of the finest soloists of the See also:time, and played on See also:tours throughout the See also:European capitals . In 1872 he married the pianist Sophi Menter, from whom he was separated in 1886 . In 1896 he became See also:professor at the Royal See also:Conservatoire at See also:Budapest . He published various See also:works, mainly compositions for- the 'cello, together with four volumes of studies arranged as a See also:violoncello school .

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