![]() ![]() 38, drawing on tunes from the ever-popular Rigoletto (1851), by Italy's foremost opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). The flute duets they played were usually written or adapted by the elder Franz, but the two brothers collaborated in preparing the Rigoletto-Fantaisie, Op. Franz was celebrated as a composer especially for his popular ballets, but today he is most remembered for his works that feature the flute.Įarly in their careers, the touring brothers apparently were quite the picture when they performed: the left-handed Karl held his flute "backwards" as it were, creating a mirror image of his right-handed brother as he stood opposite him. Karl eventually settled down as the Kapellmeister in Stuttgart (Germany), while Franz moved to Austria as conductor of the Vienna Court Opera. ![]() Born in Lemberg, Poland (the present-day Lvov, Ukraine), the brothers gained fame touring Europe with their flute duo recitals, and both became prominent members of Hungarian orchestras. By 1829, when Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) retired after the premiere of his 39th opera, Guillaume Tell, he had become the most popular composer in the history of music for the stage, so it is no mystery why the virtuoso flutist and composer (Albert) Franz Doppler (1821-1883) would want to include a Potpourri on Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" among the various arrangements of opera tunes for two flutes he wrote for concert performances with his younger brother, Karl Doppler (1825-1900). ![]()
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