Oluf Svendsen (1832-1888)
Born: Christiana,
Son
of a military bandmaster, Svendsen took lessons from his father at the age of
12 and two years later played first flute in the Christiana Theatre Orchestra.
He later studied with Niels Petersen in
The
following year he became principal at Crystal Palace (1855-1858) and later
played at the Royal Italian Opera (1862-1872), the Philharmonic Society
(1861-1885) and at Her Majesty’s Theatre from 1867 onwards.
Svendsen
married John Clinton’s daughter, a noted pianist and joined Queen
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