Franz Doppler

From 1828 to 1831, he received flute lessons from his father, Joseph Doppler, who was an oboist, and made his debut as a flautist at the age of 13.

Franz and Karl continued to make regular tours of Europe and helped found the Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra in 1853.

He wrote seven operas and fifteen ballets in total (which were quite popular in their time) and was a brilliant orchestrator.

Every single bar of these orchestrations was revised by Liszt upon publication, but he allowed Doppler's name to remain on the title page.

(Liszt frequently collaborated with his students in this way which gave rise to the notion that he did not or could not orchestrate his own works)[citation needed]