“Paganini Flutes”: a creative portrait of Franz Doppler

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the eminent Austro-Hungarian flutist, conductor, composer Franz Albert Doppler. During his lifetime, he received wide recognition in musical circles of the mid-19th century – he was the main flutist of the Hungarian National Theater and the Vienna Court Opera, taught at the Vienna Conservatory, and performed at prestigious concert venues throughout Europe. Despite the fact that a number of his compositions for flute are still very popular performing, the personality and work of this musician have not yet become the object of attention of Russian scientists. Based on the study foreign sources, in the article recreated the biography of F.Doppler, inscribed in the so-called “interior” of the era. Systematized the composer’s experiments of a talented flutist who left a rich legacy that significantly expanded the concert repertoire in the middle of the XIX century for flute, as well as demonstrating vivid achievements in the field of the musical theater. The introduction of the facts of F.Doppler’s life and career into the scientific use of unknown Russian-speaking audience will make it possible to complement the panorama of outstanding performers who have gone down in the history of world wind art.