Scuola francese
12 articoli disponibili online
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Parte 1
Maurice André
Biography
From the mine to the Conservatoire: Maurice André recalls his early years—revealing the chance, discipline, and destiny behind one of the greatest trumpet careers.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
Membro
Parte 2
Maurice André
Biography
From circus gigs to Bach with Karajan: Maurice André reveals how relentless work, discipline, and daily technical refinement shaped one of the greatest trumpet careers.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Clément Perrin (1876-1970)
He lived at the turn of the 20th century...
An extraordinary brass life links Belle Époque Algiers, two world wars and Saint-Saëns, with Clément Perrin still performing as solo trumpet at 81.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
Membro
Guy Touvron
Spotlight
Before international fame, Guy Touvron’s path ran through village bands, Maurice André’s class, competitions and a stubborn refusal to behave like a star.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Henri Renart (1887-1979)
Interview
Henri Renart looks back on a remarkable musical life, from the wind bands of northern France to Paris’s leading orchestras, performing under renowned conductors while witnessing decades of change in performance, recording, teaching, and brass playing.
Di Robert Coutet
The Horn in France
Historical overview of the horn in France by Daniel Bourgue, covering instruments, makers, pedagogy and the evolution of tone and playing style.
Di Daniel Bourgue
The Annual Competitions of the Paris Conservatoire
From commissioned works to jury voting, a long-standing examination tradition reveals how brass players progressed through the Paris Conservatoire.
Di Benny Sluchin
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The tuba in France
How did the tuba emerge as an orchestral force? Fernand Lelong and Robert Coutet trace its path—from serpent to Sax—and its rapid rise.
Di Fernand Lelong, Robert Coutet
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The founders of the French Trumpet School
Merri Franquin, Eugène Foveau and Raymond Sabarich
Franquin, Foveau and Sabarich appear through their Paris careers, teaching legacies, recordings and role in shaping modern French trumpet playing.
Di Michel Laplace
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The French Hunting horn, its history, its technique and its music
Centuries-old hunting signals still shape performance today, where technique, ritual and oral tradition preserved a musical language unlike any other brass practice.
Di Daniel Bourgue
Membro
Parte 3
Anton Hansen (1877-1947)
Father of trombone playing in Scandinavia
From Sibelius to Paris, Anton Hansen’s later career links Scandinavian trombone playing with French repertoire, teaching, and orchestral reform.
Di Per Gade
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The hunting horn
Long-held beliefs about the French hunting horn are challenged as forgotten playing practices and Baroque traditions reshape its early history and repertoire.
Di Jacques Poncet