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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY POTTER (1792—1871)  ,
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English musician, was born in
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London, the son of a pianoforte teacher, and godson of a
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sister of G . B . Cipriani, the painter . He was educated for the musical profession under Attwood, Callcott, Crotch and Woelfl; later at Vienna, where he received encouragement from Beethoven . In 1816 an overture by him was per-formed at a Philharmonic concert, and he began a distinguished career as a pianist . In 1822 he became a professor, and in 1832
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principal (resigning in 1859) of the Royal Academy of
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Music; in186o an
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exhibition was founded there in his honour . Cipriani Potter composed many
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works, now mostly forgotten, though important in their day . He died on the 28th of September 1871 .

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