Biography of Wilhelm Popp (1828-1903)
29.04.1828
Born in Coburg
Pupil of Kaspar Kummer and Louis Drouet
1841
"flute assessor" in the court orchestra in Coburg
01.01.1854
Title of "court musician"
1857
Five months tour at Pawloski near St. Petersburg from which he came back four weeks late, excused himself with some illness, was punished with a payment and resigned becaus of this. He went to Hamburg, where he was imprisoned because he was believed to have stolen a flute of his former employer.
1865
Change to the Boehmflute and correspondence with Böhm himself.
1867
Solo flutist of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamburg
25.06.1903
Dies in Hamburg
Wrote lots of pieces for the flute. More than 500 compositions have been published
Further information/Sources:
- → Wilhelm Popp bei Wikipedia
- → Noten von Popp auf imslp.org
- → CDs by/of Wilhelm Popp bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Wilhelm Popp at amazon.de
Sheet music for flute:
6 Melodien op. 402
(flute, piano)
Edition Kossack, 20108
Rating: easy
- Melodie 1 - Moderato cantabile
- Melodie 2 - Allegro non troppo
- Melodie 3 - Andantino
- Melodie 4 - Allegretto siciliano
- Melodie 5 - Andante religioso
- Melodie 6 - Allegro moderato
Stimmungsbilder - 6 Charakterstücke op. 471
(flute, piano)
Zimmermann, ZM 33010
Rating: mid-grade
- Schwedische Idylle
- Wie schön bist Du!
- Zigeuner-Ständchen
- Sandmännchen
- Lied ohne Worte
- Süße Träume (Illusion)
Ungarische Tänze op. 308
(flute, piano)
Edition Kossack, 20001
Rating: mid-grade
- No. 1 - Lento
- No. 2 - Lento
- No. 3 - Lento
CDs with/from Wilhelm Popp
Péter Csaba, Musica Vitae, Ulf Söderberg, Wieslawa Szymczynska, Mats Widlund, Manuela Wiesler
Oiseaux tendres (1994)
- Jean Rivier: Oiseaux tendres (03:53:00)
- Allegro (03:47:00)
- Cantabile (02:36:00)
- Allegro (02:45:00)
- Kaija Saariaho: Laconisme de l'aile (10:14:00)
- Wilhelm Popp: Nightingale Serenade, op. 447 (03:27:00)
- Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir (06:09:00)
- Adina Izarra: Concerto for flute and string, "Pitangus Sulphuratus" (17:17:00)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute, Strigs and Continuo in D major, op. 10, No. 3 "Il Gardelino":
Literature von/über Wilhelm Popp
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Celle: Edition Moeck,1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
- The instrument - the performer - the music9. edition Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press,- ISBN: 0-89672-285-6
Last edit 25.01.2020