Story of the Flute
(1743) of a concert with a lady playing a flute. Sarah Schofield played the flute in Gorton Chapel, Manchester,More
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Flautistes in 1775. A flute was presented by an admirer to the famous Susanna Kennedy, Countess of Eglinton, in the days of George III. On attempting to blow it she found it obstructed by a copy of verses, expressing the donor's envy of the lucky pipe which was to be pressed to her lips! A sister of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, about 1780, played a flute made by Quantz, and took lessons from Dulon. In 1825-26 a little girl of twelve, named Cann, of Hereford, created quite a sensation in England by her performances at the Hereford and Gloucester Festivals, and the Quarterly Musical Magazine (8,268) says that her tone was clear and sound, her execution rapid and neat. On these occasions she played Drouet's "God Save the King," "Rule Britannia," and Tulou's French air with variations. She died in Paris in her twentieth year. An Italian lady player of note, Signora Maria Bianchini, was a pupil of Briccialdi. A Danish flautiste, Miss Julie Petersen, of Copenhagen, performed in her own country with great success in 1894. She subsequently visited New York, and in 1898 gave flute recitals in London, where I had the pleasure of hearing her. During her stay there she had the honour of appearing before Queen Alexandra (then Princess of Wales) at Marlborough House, and was specially chosen for musical honours by the King of Denmark.
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