| Joseph Jean Baptist Laurent Arban | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 28, 1825 Lyon, France |
| Died | April 8, 1889 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Cornetist, Teacher, Conductor |
| Instrument(s) | Cornet |
| Years active | 1845-1888 |
Joseph Jean Baptist Laurent Arban (28 February 1825 - 9 April 1889) was a cornetist, conductor, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the cornet à piston or valved cornet. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality He was influenced by Niccolò Paganini's virtuosic technique on the violin and in an (arguably successful) attempt to "prove" the cornet as a true solo instrument, developed extreme virtuosic technique on the instrument. Niccolò Paganini ( October 27, 1782 &ndash The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality
Born in Lyon, France, he studied trumpet with Francois Dauverné at the Paris Conservatoire from 1841 to 1845. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. François Georges Auguste Dauverné (16 February 1799 - 4 November 1874 was a French trumpeter who in 1827 was the first to use the new F three valved trumpet The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe He was appointed professor of saxhorn at the École Militaire in 1857, and became professor of cornet at the Paris Conservatoire in 1869, where Merri Franquin was among his students. The saxhorn is a valved Brass instrument with a tapered bore and deep cup-shaped mouthpiece. The École Militaire (Military School is a vast complex of buildings housing various military teaching facilities located in Paris, France, southeast of the Merri Jean Baptiste Franquin (b October 19 1848 Lançon Bouches-du-Rhône France d He published his Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn in Paris in 1864. The Arban Method ( La grande méthode complète de cornet à piston et de saxhorn par Arban) is a complete pedagogical method for students of Trumpet, Cornet This method, which is often referred to as the "Trumpeter's Bible," is still studied by modern brass players. His variations on The Carnival of Venice remains one of the great showpieces for cornet soloists today. The Carnival of Venice, is a folk tune popularly associated with the words "My hat it has three corners
Arban apparently made a phonograph cylinder recording for the Edison Co. The earliest method of recording and reproducing sound was on phonograph cylinders. shortly before his death. In a newspaper from Finland, Helsinki's Hufvudstadsbladet, (no. 96, from 11. 4. 1890, page 2), Arban's recording is mentioned:
Among the phonograms a particular one must be mentioned: solo on cornet a piston, played by the famous French virtuoso monsieur Arban called “Fanfare d’Edison;”
Arban died in Paris on April 9, 1889.
References
- Jean-Pierre Mathez: Arban, J. B. - Biographie (Edition BIM)
External links
- Free scores by Jean-Baptiste Arban in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
- Jean-Baptiste Arban was listed in the International Music Score Library Project
- Short biography
- Longer article on O.J.'s Trumpet Page
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