Cornelis Dopper

Cornelis Dopper ( born February 7, 1870 in Stadskanaal in Groningen, † September 18, 1939 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer and conductor.

Life

Cornelis Dopper was born the son of a boatman. He lost both parents early and then grew up in the care of a musician who had lived before the death of the parents at the Doppers. With him he learned to play the violin. Dopper studied 1888-1890 at the Leipzig Conservatory with Carl Reinecke. From 1890 he worked as a violinist in Groningen and as assistant conductor at the Netherlands Opera, until it was closed in 1903. In 1906 he traveled to the USA and went there for two years with the Opera Company of Henry Savage on tour. During this time he conducted the American premiere of Puccini's Madame Butterfly. Back in the Netherlands offered him Willem Mengelberg to conduct there even his own Symphony No. 3. Subsequently, he was 1908 Second conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam (next to Mengelberg ). He remained in this position until 1931. During this period witnessed a number of important works, such as Debussy and Ravel, through him its Dutch premiere. He also conducted his own compositions. In the 20s he began with special children's concerts, which have since been a tradition.

Work

Doppers work includes around 100 works, including four operas ( one fifth remained unfinished), 7 symphonies, a cello concerto, chamber music, choirs, songs and piano pieces. His style is pronounced conservative, but is marked by virtuoso treatment of the orchestra, is based on the German romantic tradition and draws on folk music of his homeland. The symphonies carry some programmatic title of a national connection: # 3 Rembrandt, No. 6 Amsterdam ( distinguished by the last sentence of the Koniginnedag - the Dutch national holiday - and describes naturalistic depictions of drunks and Straßenbahngeklingel contains ), and No. 7 Zuiderzee.

Reception

To date, Doppers name is associated with a scandal that occurred on November 8, 1918. Dopper then led on his Symphony No. 7. The progressive composer and music critic Matthijs Vermeulen, enervated by the most conservative work in his ears, shouted into the final chord: Long Live Sousa! . Then Vermeulen was indeed denied for future concerts, admission to the Concertgebouw, but the event also had a libelous for Dopper from.

After the Second World War were heard Doppers works barely, with the possible exception of the orchestral work Ciaconna gotica of 1920 is only since the 90s, his music again more attention. ; individual works are now published on CD.

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