Giulio Briccialdi
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Giulio Briccialdi (born March 2, 1818 in Terni , † December 17, 1881 in Florence ) was an Italian flutist , composer and flute maker .
life and work
Briccialdi received his first flute lessons from his father, who however died early. After his death, the family wanted him to become a clergyman, but the eleven-year-old Giulio avoided this request by fleeing to Rome . There he became a theater flutist and took composition lessons from a singer of the Sistine Chapel .
At the age of 17 he received the diploma of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia . In 1836 he moved to Naples , where he was temporarily the flute teacher of the Count of Syracuse (brother of Ferdinand II of Sicily ). Travels as a virtuoso took him to Milan (1839), Vienna (1841) and later to America. For a long time he also stayed in London . In 1847 he met the flute maker Theobald Böhm in Munich and subsequently designed a further development based on his models (addition of a double thumb key, which is still in use today). From 1870 until his death he was professor of flute at the Florence Conservatory . There he founded a workshop in which Böhm flutes were manufactured according to his own designs.
In particular, Briccialdi wrote instructional works for flute and numerous operatic fantasies for flute and piano, as well as 3 flute concertos. His chamber music works also include two wind quintets . His only opera Leonora de 'Medici (Milan 1855) was unsuccessful.
The asteroid (7714) Briccialdi , discovered on February 9, 1996, has been named after him since 1998.
literature
- Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1949–1986.
- Adolph Goldberg: portraits and biographies of outstanding flute virtuosos, dilettantes and composers . Berlin 1906, Moeck, Celle 1987 (reprint). ISBN 3-87549-028-2
- Ursula Pešek, Željiko Pešek: Flute music from three centuries . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1990. ISBN 3-7618-0985-9
Web links
- Works by and about Giulio Briccialdi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Giulio Briccialdi in the International Music Score Library Project
- Biography at corno.de
- Short biography (Engl.)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Briccialdi, Giulio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian flautist, composer and flute maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Terni |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1881 |
| Place of death | Florence |