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Events in March 2024
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Birthday of Giulio Briccialdi Birthday of Giulio Briccialdi
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March 1, 2024
Giulio Briccialdi (Terni, on March 1 or 2, 1818). He began studying flute with his father. At 14-year-old, Briccialdi moved to Rome to pursue a musical career and avoid family pressure to join the priesthood. His first appointment was to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome at the age of 17. While in Rome he studied composition and, in 1835, began teaching flute at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. He then moved to Naples, where he was the flute teacher for the royal family. He was considered one of the most talented flutist of his century.
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Birthday of Doriot Anthony Dwyer Birthday of Doriot Anthony Dwyer
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March 6, 2024
Doriot Anthony Dwyer (March 6, 1922 – March 14, 2020) was an American flutist. She was one of the first women to be awarded principal chair for a major U.S. orchestra (following hornist Helen Kotas, who was appointed principal horn of the Chicago Symphony in 1941. She was the principal flute for the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1952 until 1990. She was second flute for the National Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She was an Adjunct Professor of Music at Boston University.
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Birthday of Friedrich Kuhlau Birthday of Friedrich Kuhlau
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March 13, 2024
Friedrich Kuhlau (Hanover, March 13, 1786). When he was seven years old, he had the misfortune to lose the sight of one eye through a fall. He received lessons on flute, piano, violin and composition. "Chamber musician to the King of Denmark". He wrote a lot of music for flute.
Birthday of Michel Blavet Birthday of Michel Blavet
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March 13, 2024
Michel Blavet (Besançon, March 13, 1700) was a French composer and flute virtuoso. Although Blavet taught himself to play almost every instrument, he specialized in the bassoon and the flute which he held to the left, the opposite of how most flutists hold theirs today. Quantz wrote of Blavet: "His amiable disposition and engaging manner gives rise to a lasting friendship between us and I am much indebted to him for his numerous acts of kindness."
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Birthday of Giuseppe Gariboldi Birthday of Giuseppe Gariboldi
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March 17, 2024
Giuseppe Gariboldi (Macerata, March 17, 1833) was an Italian flautist and composer. In 1856, after studies with Giuseppe D'Aloe, he moved to Paris, where he worked as a composer and flute virtuoso. From 1859 to 1861, he concerted in Belgium, Netherlands, England and Austria. During the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870, he worked in the Red Cross. From 1871 to 1895, he taught flute and composition at the college Rollen (now Lycée Jacques-Decour) in Paris. In 1905, he returned with his family in Italy.
