PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY POTTER (1792—...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V22,
Page 212
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
PHILIP See also:CIPRIANI HAMBLEY See also:POTTER (1792—1871)
, See also:English musician, was See also:born in See also:London, the son of a See also:pianoforte teacher, and godson of a See also:sister of G
.
B
.
See also:Cipriani, the painter
.
He was educated for the musical profession under See also:Attwood, See also:Callcott, See also:Crotch and See also:Woelfl; later at See also:Vienna, where he received encouragement from See also:Beethoven
.
In 1816 an See also:overture by him was per-formed at a Philharmonic See also:concert, and he began a distinguished career as a pianist
.
In 1822 he became a See also:professor, and in 1832 See also:principal (resigning in 1859) of the Royal See also:Academy of See also:Music; in186o an See also:exhibition was founded there in his See also:honour
.
Cipriani See also:Potter composed many See also:works, now mostly forgotten, though important in their See also:day
.
He died on the 28th of See also:September 1871
.
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