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1Meidevorn, with soli and chorus; 8 symphonies: No. 1, Diana, ballet symph. (1896); No. 2 (1903; finished after the 3rd); No. 3, Rembrandt (1892; later rewritten); No. 4, Symphonietta (1906); No. 5, Symphonia Epica with chorus and soli (1914); No. 6, Amsterdam (1912); No. 7, Zuiderzee; No. 8; other orchestral works: a symphonic rhapsody, Paris; 5 suites; Divertimento; Ciaccona gotica, symph. variations (his best known work; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Oct. 24, 1920, composer conducting); Concertino for trumpet and 3 kettledrums; cello concerto; 2 overtures. Chamber music: string quartet; violin sonatas; cello sonata; a scherzo for woodwinds and piano. Many choral works; songs; piano pieces.—Cf. Sem Dresden, Het Muziekleven in Nederland sinds 1880 (Amsterdam, 1923).
3Doppler, Albert Franz, Austrian composer and conductor; b. Lwów, Oct. 16, 1821; d. Baden, near Vienna, July 27, 1883. He studied music with his father; played first flute in the Pest Opera Orch.; in 1858 settled in Vienna as ballet conductor at the Court Opera; taught flute at the Vienna Cons. from 1865. His first opera Benjowsky was well received in Budapest (Sept. 29, 1847) and had several revivals under the title Afanasia; the following operas were also produced in Budapest: Ilka (Dec. 29, 1849); Wanda (Dec. 16, 1856); Two Hussars (March 12, 1853); his last opera, Judith, was produced in Vienna (Dec. 30, 1870). He also wrote 15 ballets.
5Doppler, Árpád, Hungarian pianist, son of Karl Doppler; b. Pest, June 5, 1857; d. Stuttgart, Aug. 13, 1927. He went to Stuttgart as a young man and studied there; was engaged to teach in New York and spent three years there (1880-83); later returned to Stuttgart and taught at the Cons. He publ. a number of salon pieces for piano; also wrote a comic opera, Haligula (Stuttgart, 1891).
7Doppler, Karl, Austrian composer and conductor; brother of Albert Franz Doppler; b. Lwów, Sept. 12, 1825; d. Stuttgart, March 10, 1900. Like his father and his brother, he became an excellent flute player; gave concerts in all major cities of Europe. He was then appointed as court Kapellmeister in Stuttgart, and held this position for 33 years (1865-98). He wrote an opera and pieces for the flute.
9Dorati, Antal, distinguished conductor; b. Budapest, April 9, 1906. He studied with Kodály and Bartók; conducted at the Budapest Opera at the age of 18; conducted opera in Dresden (1928) and in Münster (1929-32); was conductor of the 'Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo' (1934-40), and toured Australia with it. He made his American début with the National Symph. Orch. in Washington (1937); in 1945 was appointed conductor of the Dallas Symph. Orch.; in 1948 was chosen to succeed Mitropoulos as conductor of the Minneapolis Symph. Orch. He became an American citizen on April 21, 1947. He has composed a string quartet, oboe quintet, divertimento for orch., violin pieces, and songs; also a successful ballet Graduation Ball (1939) arranged from the waltzes of Johann Strauss. On April 19, 1957, he conducted the Minneapolis Symph. Orch. in the première of his dramatic cantata, The Way of the Cross.
11Doret (doh-rä'), Gustave, Swiss composer; b. Aigle, Sept. 20, 1866; d. Lausanne, April 19, 1943. He received his first instruction at Lausanne; studied violin with Joachim in Berlin; then entered the Paris Cons. as pupil of Marsick (violin) and Dubois and Massenet (composition); conductor of the 'Concerts d'Harcourt' and of the 'Société Nationale de Musique' in Paris (1893-95); conductor of the concerts at the National Exposition at Geneva (1896); conductor of the Saint-Saëns Festival at Vevey (1913); at the Opéra-Comique (1907-9); also appeared as visiting conductor in Rome, London, and Amsterdam. Doret was a member of the commission for editing Rameau's collected works. In his music Doret cultivated the spirit of Swiss folksongs; his vocal writing is distinguished by its natural flow of melody.—Works: The operas Les Armaillis (Paris, Nov. 8, 1906; very successful; a revised and enlarged version, Paris, May 5, 1930); Le Nain du Hasli (Geneva, Feb. 6, 1908); dramatic legend, Loÿs (Vevey, 1912); La Tisseuse d'Orties (Paris, 1926); Voix de la Patrie, cantata (1891); an oratorio, Les Sept Paroles du Christ (1895); La Fête des Vignerons (1905); incidental music to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and to plays by René Morax: Henriette, Aliénor, La Nuit des quatre-temps, Wilhelm Tell, Davel (all produced at Mézières); several pieces for orchestra; string quartet; piano quintet; about 150 songs.—Books: Musique et musiciens (1915); Lettres à ma nièce sur la musique en Suisse (1919); Pour notre indépendance musicale (1920); Temps et Contretemps (1942).—Cf. J. Dupérier, Gustave Doret (Paris, 1932).
13Dörffel, Alfred, German music editor; b. Waldenburg, Jan. 24, 1821; d. Leipzig, Jan. 22, 1905. He went to Leipzig at the age of
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