Emanuele Krakamp began studying music with his father Francesco (1788-1828). From 1841 he was first flute in Naples in the orchestra of the Count of Syracuse and inspector of the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory. From 1860 he was appointed teacher of wind and woodwind instruments at the same Conservatory. A concert artist in Europe and America, he also performed in Tunis, Alexandria and Cairo. His compositions are published by Ricordi in Milan and by Girard in Paris. His work in spreading instrumental music was important and, together with Saverio Mercadante, he was enrolled as an honorary member of the Società del Quartetto in Florence. He was a theatre manager, an expert in band music and a political activist. An important flute competition is held in his honor in Benevento (see National Flute Competition). Krakamp was the first Italian flutist to adopt the Boehm flute system in 1847. His is the “Method for the cylindrical flute in the Boehm style”, published by Ricordi in 1854, also important for being one of the first flute treatises that clearly distance themselves from the French school: the new learning path therefore adapts to the Italian style characterized by evident operatic cantability. Also important is the production of methods and collections of studies for trombone, clarinet and especially bassoon.
