Emil Wipperich (1854-1917)

Wipperich was the principal horn in the Vienna Philharmonic (1882-1914) and was professor at the Viennese Music Academy (1895-1917). In his career, he played the Siegfried Call over fifty times.

He helped to make the traditional Viennese F-horn sound world famous, and also published orchestral studies on the symphonic works of Richard Strauss.