Jean-Baptiste Arban, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Baptiste Arban

French cornetist, conductor, composer and pedagogue

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1825

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1889

Profession: composer, conductor, university teacher, trumpeter, musicologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jean-Baptiste Arban

  • Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban (28 February 1825 – 8 April 1889) was a cornetist, conductor, composer, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the cornet Ă  piston or valved cornet.
  • He was influenced by Niccolò Paganini's virtuosic technique on the violin and successfully proved that the cornet was a true solo instrument by developing virtuoso technique on the instrument. He was born in Lyon, France, one of the ten children of Simon Arban, artificier.
  • An older brother was the balloonist Francisque Arban. He studied trumpet with Francois DauvernĂ© at the Paris Conservatoire from 1841 to 1845.
  • 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.
  • He published his Grande mĂ©thode complète pour cornet Ă  pistons et de saxhorn in Paris in 1864.
  • 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.
  • "Fantasie Brilliante" also continues to be frequently performed and recorded. Arban apparently made a phonograph cylinder recording for the Edison Company 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 8, 1889. The Arban Method book is available by various publishers, with Carl Fischer and Alphonse Leduc being the most prominent.
  • In 1982 Carl Fischer released a version that is annotated by Claude Gordon, noted pedagogue.
  • The 1982 Carl Fischer version restores the original text and designates the previous revisions by Walter Smith and Edwin Franko Goldman.
  • Then, Claude Gordon makes comments in the footnotes for clarification and cross referencing supporting material.
  • Arban's original text did not advocate many things that are purported by recent teachers and this edition is useful for historical accuracy.

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