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Week of Mar 13th
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Birthday of Friedrich Kuhlau
Birthday of Friedrich Kuhlau
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March 13, 2024Friedrich 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 BlavetBirthday of Michel Blavet
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March 13, 2024Michel 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, 2024Giuseppe 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.