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Giulio Briccialdi

Italian virtuoso flutist and composer
Date of Birth: 02.03.1818
Country: Italy

Biography of Giulio Briccialdi

Giulio Briccialdi was an Italian musician and composer, widely regarded as one of the finest flutists of the 19th century, despite being self-taught.

He was born on March 2, 1818, in Terni, Italy.

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    • Briccialdi received his first flute lessons from his father, but he continued to learn and develop his skills on his own. After his father's early death, against his family's wishes for him to become a priest, Briccialdi ran away from home with only a few coins in his pocket, making a 40-mile journey on foot to Rome.

    Fortunately, Briccialdi was noticed and taken in by a singer from the Sistine Chapel named Ravagli, who taught him the basics of composition, arranged for him to have further teachers, and secured him a position in a theater orchestra.

    At a young age, Briccialdi received a diploma from the St. Cecilia Academy in Rome. In 1836, at