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Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter (October 3, 1792 - September 26, 1871) British composer, pianist and educator.

Born in London, the son of Richard Huddleston Potter, Cipriani was named after his godmother (a relative of Giovanni Battista Cipriani). His father begun his musical instruction, which was continued by Thomas Attwood, William Crotch and Joseph Woelffl. In 1817, Potter went to Vienna, where he met Beethoven and received compositional advice from him. Coming back to England in 1819, Potter became famous as a pianist, giving the British premiere of several Mozart piano concerti and three of Beethoven's. In 1822, Potter began teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, first piano and later orchestra. His students there included William Sterndale Bennett and Joseph Barnby. As Potter focused more on preparing editions of Mozart's piano music, he composed less and less often, composing nothing in his last decades.

Potter wrote ten symphonies, four piano concerti, some chamber music and several piano solo pieces. Aside from a cantata and a handful of songs, Potter composed no vocal music. Potter also wrote a couple of articles for periodicals about music, one of them about his visit with Beethoven.

Potter owned a 1683 Stradivarius violin.

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