1. John Lemmone was an Australian flute player and composer who was largely self-taught and who at the age of 12, paid for his first flute with gold he had panned himself on the goldfields at Ballarat.
10 Facts About John Lemmone
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Lemmone was born in Ballarat to a Greek immigrant, John Lemon and his English-born wife Mary.
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The next year, the family moved to Melbourne and as a teenager, Lemmone performed with a number of Melbourne theatre orchestras, including as principal flute with Lyster's Royal Italian Opera Company.
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In 1887 and 1889, having changed his name, John Lemmone toured Australia and Asia with soprano Amy Sherwin.
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John Lemmone married Isabella Stewart in 1889 and over the next few years he again toured, with singers Janet Patey, Allan James Foley and Charles Santley, and violinist Pablo de Sarasate.
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John Lemmone renewed his acquaintance with Nellie Melba in London in 1894.
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John Lemmone accompanied her with flute obbligatos at fashionable social gatherings and at Queen's Hall, London.
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John Lemmone performed with Adelina Patti in Albert Hall, toured with her and in 1896 with Amy Sherwin in South Africa.
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John Lemmone selected internationally known performers for the 1911 J C Williamson opera season.
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John Lemmone continued to perform as a soloist and even as late as 1938 performed on radio.