JOHN TIPLADY

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• JOHN TIPLADY CARRODUS (1836-1895)

CARRODUS (1836-1895)  , English violinist, was born on the loth of January 1836, at Keighley, in Yorkshire . He made his first appearance as a violinist at the age of nine, and had the advantage of studying between the ages of twelve and eighteen at Stuttgart, with Wilhelm Bernhard Molique . On his return to England in 1853 Costa got him engagements in the leading orchestras . He was a member of the Covent Garden opera orchestra from 1855, made his debut as a solo player at a concert given on the 22nd of April 1863 by the Musical Society of London, and succeeded Sainton as leader at Covent Garden in 1869 . He died at Hampstead on the 13th of July 1895 . For many years he had led the ,Philharmonic orchestra and those of the great provincial festivals . He published two violin solos and a " Morceau de salon," and was a very successful teacher .