page_title: John Lemmone
hierarchical_section_title: John Lemmone
caption_attribution_description: English: John Lemmone and Dame Nellie Melba at Bilgola, Wednesday 23 September 1914. (Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales)
context_page_description: 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. He had an international career as a soloist, and accompanied well-known singers such as Adelina Patti, Nellie Melba and Amy Sherwin, the pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and the violinist Pablo de Sarasate. Later in his career he became Nellie Melba's manager.
context_section_description: John Lemmone (22 June 1861 – 16 August 1949; also seen as John Lemmoné) 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. He had an international career as a soloist, and accompanied well-known singers such as Adelina Patti, Nellie Melba and Amy Sherwin, the pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and the violinist Pablo de Sarasate. Later in his career he became Nellie Melba's manager.
caption: John Lemmone and Nellie Melba at Bilgola, 23 September 1914.
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