Biography of John Clinton (1809-1864)

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02.11.1809

Born in Dublin (due to Goldberg 1810)

Professorship for flute at the Royal Academy of Music

1843

Changes to the conical Böhm flute, at this time he was a supporter of Böhm

1847

As the cylindrical flute by Böhm came to the British market, Clinton became a opponent of Böhm and started to develop a new flute (Equisonant flute) himself.

1862

As soon as the patent for Böhms cylindrical flute was no longer valid, Clintons workshop startet to build cylindrical flutes himself, although he was a fervent opponent of this system before.

Premier flutist at the Italian Opera in London and teacher at the Royal Academy of Music

07.05.1864

Dies in London

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Sheet music for flute:

Konzertantes Duo op. 43 (Es-Dur)

(flute, clarinet, piano)

Edition Kossack, 20060

Rating: mid-grade

1. Introduction. Allegro brillante
2. Allegretto Thema + 2 Variationen
3. Adagio - Rondo Allegro spiritoso

Absolutely new, printed in January 2014

Literature von/über John Clinton

• Adorján, András:  Lexikon der Flöte
  Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
  1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
• Fitzgibbon, Henry Macaulay:  The Story of the flute
  A facsimile reprint of the 1915 Edition
  Wildhern Press,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-1-84830-180-1
• Goldberg, Adolph:  Portraits und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten
  Celle: Edition Moeck,
  1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2