Popp, Wilhelm 04/29/1828 - 06/25/1902

Wilhelm Popp (1828-1902), German pianist, flutist and composer, was born in Coburg and after his musical education performed as pianist and flutist in the court orchestra of Duke Ernst II of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. He remained in this position until 1866 and also began (under the pseudonym Alberti) to write his first compositions for flute. After 1867 he performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamburg and became its acclaimed solo flutist. He composed over 500 works, mostly for the flute, in an accessible, sympathetic and idiomatic way, in the classic-romantic style of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber and Rossini.