Giulio Briccialdi

Giulio Briccialdi (1/2 March 1818 – 17 December 1881)[1] was an Italian virtuoso flautist and composer, a technical innovator on his instrument and a professor of music.

Briccialdi was born in Terni, Italy, in the Papal States on 2 March 1818 and began studying flute with his father.

After his father's death, the 14-year-old Briccialdi moved to Rome to pursue a musical career and avoid family pressure to join the priesthood.

While in Rome he studied composition and, in 1835, began teaching flute at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

In London he became a director of the instrument making firm Rudall and Rose and was responsible for several mechanical developments which are still in use today.