Cello Focus Lessons: Popper Studies No.1

This is the first video in a series of mini-tutorials that cover all of David Popper's Cello Etudes. Subscribe to our UA-cam channel to master all of the studies from world leading expert Martin Rummel!
In this series, world-renowned cellist and expert on Popper, Martin Rummel, Head of School at the University of Auckland takes you step by step through the etudes with important notes on how to use the Popper Etudes.
The lessons are designed for maximal practice time for the student, creating practice pauses after each step. For the best results, sign up for free to Vienna Virtuoso and submit your practice of each Etude directly to Professor Rummel to get his personal feedback: campus.viennav...
Popper was born in Prague, and studied music at the Prague Conservatory. He studied the cello under Julius Goltermann (1825-1876), and soon attracted attention. He made his first tour in 1863; in Germany he was praised by Hans von Bülow (who was also a son-in-law of Franz Liszt), who recommended him to a position as Chamber Virtuoso in the court of Prince von Hohenzollern-Hechingen in Löwenberg. In 1864, he premiered Robert Volkmann's Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33, with Hans von Bülow conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. He lost this job a couple of years later due to the prince's death.
He then made his debut in Vienna in 1867, and was made principal cellist at the Hofoper. From 1868 to 1870 he was also a member of the Hellmesberger Quartet. In 1872, he married pianist Sophie Menter, a pupil of Liszt. She later joined the staff at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 1873, Popper resigned from his post at the Hofoper so as to continue his tours with his wife on a larger scale, giving concerts throughout Europe. Popper's and Menter's marriage was dissolved in 1886.
That year, Liszt recommended Popper for a teaching position at the newly opened string department at the Conservatory at Budapest. In Budapest, he participated in the Budapest Quartet with Jenő Hubay.
Popper died in Baden, near Vienna. Among his notable students were Arnold Földesy, Jenő Kerpely, Mici Lukács, Ludwig Lebell and Adolf Schiffer (teacher of János Starker).
David Popper was one of the last great cellists who did not use an endpin. An 1880 drawing of Popper playing in a string quartet shows that although he started his cellistic career without using an endpin, he adopted its use later in his life.
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[@RedGermRedGerm]

Thank you for providing this lesson for free.

[@unfinishedgestalt]

very useful lesson - right to the point.
thank you, professor

[@brockyoung6113]

I can't wait for the next lesson

[@hanswurst6873]

Nice lesson! Will you also do a lesson on Popper 27?

[@viennavirtuoso6746]

Hi! Yes, we are preparing Popper 27 right now and will send you the link!