Biography of John Radcliff (1842-1917)

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06.12.1842

Born in Liverpool

1854

First concert in Birkenhead

1857

Move to London and change to the Böhm flute. He is admitted to the Royal Academy of Music.

1868

Principal flutist of the Covent Garden Italian Opera

1884

Marriage to a singer of the Opera

03.03.1917

He dies in London

Further information/Sources:

Literature von/über John Radcliff

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
Goldberg, Adolph: Portraits und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten
Celle: Edition Moeck,
1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
Lorenzo, Leonardo de: My Complete Story of the flute
The instrument - the performer - the music
9. edition Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press,
- ISBN: 0-89672-285-6

Last edit 08.04.2012