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Events in February 2023

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January 30, 2023(1 event)

All day: Birthday of Johann Joachim Quantz

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January 30, 2023

Johann Johachim Quantz (Hanover 30 January 1697) was a German flutist, flute maker and Baroque music composer. He composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote On Playing the Flute, a treatise on flute performance. His works were known and appreciated by Bach, Haydn and Mozart.

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January 31, 2023(1 event)

All day: Birthday of François Devienne

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January 31, 2023

François Devienne (Joinville, 31 January 1759) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. He was active in Paris as a flautist, bassoonist and composer, and played bassoon at the Paris Opera. He wrote successful operas in the 1790s, including Les visitandines (1792) which brought him much success.

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February 13, 2023(1 event)

All day: Birthday of Emanuele Krakamp

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February 13, 2023

Emanuele Krakamp (Palermo, February 13, 1813) was an Italian flutist and composer. He gave concerts in Europe, Africa and America. Krakamp was the first Italian flutist to adopted the Boehm system flute.

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February 24, 2023(1 event)

All day: Birthday of Robert Cavally

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February 24, 2023

Robert Neil Cavally (February 24, 1906 - April 25, 1994) was an American flutist who trained and inspired many noted flute performers and teachers, and edited many solos and etudes for use by teachers. He was an eloquent writer and woodworker.

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March 1, 2023(1 event)

All day: Birthday of Giulio Briccialdi

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March 1, 2023

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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