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![José Maria del Carmen Ribas [1796 - 1861] flute player & composer](http://cdn.ecommercedns.uk/files/6/233466/7/8821387/ribas1.jpg)
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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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 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…
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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Sir George Alexander Macfarren (1813 - 1887) ‘saved the life of the Institution [Royal Academy of Music in London] and …. left the school in a far better position, in all respects, than he found it.’ [1] For this and his other contributions to music in England – as a…
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Possibly, if you are a German flute player you are entirely familiar with the name Rudolf Tillmetz. However if, like me, you are British, it’s less likely that this influential flute player will be known to you.As a young student in the late 1960’s, I listened to my teacher’s careful…
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What a long name Bruneau has! His studies in music started so that he could take part in chamber music with his parents and he learnt 'cello. However by the age of 15 he had progressed so well, that he went on to study at the Paris Conservatoire, where he…
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The photograph is entitled F. Sabathil 1. Floetist der Hofkapelle in Schwerin. It shows a small, middle-aged man of light build holding a flute. His face is turned towards the camera and dark eyes stare uncompromisingly from behind a pair of spectacles. The gravity of his expression is emphasised by…
Read more...![Louis Drouet [1792 - 1873] flautist & composer](http://cdn.ecommercedns.uk/files/6/233466/2/8814032/louis-drouet-par-nelson-mulnier.jpg)
Drouet was just 16 years old when he was appointed ‘Solo Flute’ for the King of Holland. Subsequently he was made First Flute to Napoleon 1st and Chapel master to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. Drouet also spent significant time in London where he performed often and also set up a…
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I believe this article constitutes the most that is known about J.G. Graeff, at the time of writing.When Napoleon and his forces attacked the German town of Mainz in 1793, flautist J G Graeff fled his home and escaped by swimming across the river Main with his father’s portrait tucked…
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