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‘Dora Bright writes her own concertos better than she plays them’ this was Bernard Shaw’s tongue-in-cheek review after hearing Dora Bright play her own piano concerto, and he continued with ‘I do not know that she plays any better than I do, except in respect of her fingering her scales…
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Matin Rabadan was born in 1978 in Split, Croatia. He is a trombone player with a Master's degree from Zagreb University of Music and he is a member of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. His compositions are influenced by JazzOther works composed by him include:Cassiopeia for two flutes and piano; Six Sweets…
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The members of the Birmingham Flute Society celebrated their Thirtieth Anniversary in 1886. To mark the occasion they played flute quartets at the home of the society’s founder in the village of Clent, followed by dinner and speeches at a local hostelry ‘The Lyttleton Arms’.The society had been founded by…
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My first introduction to the music of Luise Adolpha Le Beau, came via her Piano Concerto - an attractive work with a clear sense of individuality. One of those works that has a good sense of direction but includes surprising twists to delight the ear. The manuscripts of her works…
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R.S. Pratten was a well-known flute player, flute maker and composer, whose fame lives on especially amongst players of traditional music. In fact his wife, Catherine, a Professor of Guitar and a composer for that instrument, is often now rather better remembered than her husband.Robert began as a flute player,…
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The brilliant Spanish flautist, José Maria del Carmen Ribas, was one of the darlings of the London musical world in the nineteenth century. His life is a story of adventure and glamour.Contemporary with the flautists Drouet and Nicholson, Ribas was born on July 16th, 1796 in Burgos, the historic Castilian…
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Johanna Kinkel [1810 - 1858] was an intelligent and gifted woman who made her mark in the worlds of both music and literature. Born in Bonn (maiden name Johanna Mockel), her first music teacher was F. A. Ries (also Beethoven's teacher) who encouraged her to conduct and compose. Both Mendelssohn…
Read more...![Jean Gennin [1886 - 1962] researched and written by Roz Trübger](http://cdn.ecommercedns.uk/files/6/233466/2/8820272/genninrossignol-page.jpg)
Do you think of piccolo soloists as being a modern phenomenon? If so, you will be surprised to know that two of the earliest stars of radio broadcasting in Britain were a pair of piccolo players. But any surprise will quickly disappear when you listen to their recordings, available on…
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James Mathews was an amateur flute player who has enjoyed some degree of notoriety as the owner of a remarkable gold flute named Chrysoston (greek: golden-mouthed*). Mathews (or Matthews) was a very accomplished flautist and highly popular with audiences in the Midlands of England, during the latter part of the…
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Halfdan Kjerulf was the composer who inspired me to become involved in the world of research. In 1999, I had come across his piano pieces in a volume of my grand-mother's piano music and instantly was engaged by its quality, so much that I felt I needed to discover more…
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