Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilhelm Popper 
Birth9 May 1846, Prague, Czech Republic
Death2 Feb 1924
FatherAngelus Popper (~1812-1891)
MotherEster Therese Kisch (1810-1891)
Notes for Wilhelm Popper
{geni:occupation} Musician at Vienna Opera
{geni:about_me} Wilhelm (brother of David) was also a cellist, and he played at the Vienna State Opera (Hofoper) and the Vienna Philharmonic until retirement in 1905. (Stephen De'ak, ''David Popper'', p155)
Wedding record 235: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-2579...c=MMGD-2MP:768582894
Date of death of 1905 on numerous websites e.g. familysearch.org is incorrect. De'ak reports Wilhelm to be alive at the time of David's death in 1913 and his memorial in 1914 (pp 250, 304). See http://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_P/Popper_Brueder.xml, also David Popper's will of 1913.
{geni:about_me} Wilhelm (brother of David) was also a cellist, and he played at the Vienna State Opera (Hofoper) and the Vienna Philharmonic until retirement in 1905. (Stephen De'ak, ''David Popper'', p155)
Wedding record 235: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-2579...c=MMGD-2MP:768582894
Date of death of 1905 on numerous websites e.g. familysearch.org is incorrect. De'ak reports Wilhelm to be alive at the time of David's death in 1913 and his memorial in 1914 (pp 250, 304). See http://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_P/Popper_Brueder.xml, also David Popper's will of 1913.