Biography of John Radcliff (1842-1917)
06.12.1842
Born in Liverpool
1854
First concert in Birkenhead
1857
Move to London and change to the Böhm flute. He is admitted to the Royal Academy of Music.
1868
Principal flutist of the Covent Garden Italian Opera
1884
Marriage to a singer of the Opera
03.03.1917
He dies in London
Further information/Sources:
Literature von/über John Radcliff
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Celle: Edition Moeck,1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
- The instrument - the performer - the music9. edition Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press,- ISBN: 0-89672-285-6
Last edit 08.04.2012