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David Popper

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David Popper · Arts & Literature

What

Cellist and composer

When

1843, Prague, Bohemia (Austrian Empire) — 1913, Baden bei Wien, Austria

Where

Bohemia · Austria-Hungary

Biography

David Popper is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Cellist and composer

How & why

David Popper was a Bohemian cellist and composer whose études and concert pieces — especially the 'High School of Cello Playing' — remain essential to cello pedagogy worldwide, and who was a founding professor at the Budapest Academy of Music. He was born into a Jewish family in Prague.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Cellist and composer

1843

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music