Charles Draper

Background

Draper was born in Odcombe, Somerset. He came from a musical family, his father and brother, having been cellists and clarinetists, respectively.

Education

Royal College of Music.

Career

He also studied for a year under Julian Egerton. He premiered Stanford"s Clarinet Concerto in 1903 with the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. Stanford"s Clarinet Sonata was also dedicated to Draper.

Draper died in Surbiton, aged 82.

Achievements

• In 1888, he studied with Henry Lazarus, and he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he continued as a student of Lazarus until the latter"s retirement. His son, Paul Beaumont Draper, was also an accomplished bassoonist.

Connections

teacher:

Frederick Thurston