Biography of Robert Sydney Pratten (1824-1868)

23.01.1824

Born in Bristol

Musical autodidact

1836

First solo concerts in Bath in Bristol

Flutist of Tehatre Royal in Dublin

1845

In January he moves to London, where he becomes principal flute of the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden

Lessons in harmony and counterpoint with Charles Lucas

1846

Concert tour supported by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin

1851

Successor of Ribas at the Italian Opera

Works on the enhancement of the instrument

10.07.1853

Foundation of the Orchestral Union by Alfred Mellon with Pratten playing the flute beside Rockstro

10.02.1868

Dies in Ramsgate

Further information/Sources:

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
Fitzgibbon, Henry Macaulay: The Story of the flute
A facsimile reprint of the 1915 Edition
Wildhern Press,
2009. - ISBN: 978-1-84830-180-1
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 10.07.2013