![]() ![]() The written instructions are as important as the exercises. Unfortunately, few of us ever read this material and just jump into the playing of the exercises. Each major section is preceded by the author’s explanation about the section, the reason for its importance as well as suggestions on how to best use the material. Included in the Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet (Cornet) Newly Revised, Authentic Edition is everything you need to know and practice. His variations on The Carnival of Venice remains one of the great showpieces for cornet soloists today. This method, which is often referred to as the “Trumpeter’s Bible,” is still studied by modern brass players. He published his Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn in Paris in 1864. 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 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.Born in Lyon, France, he studied trumpet with Francois Dauverné at the Paris Conservatoire from 1841 to 1845. 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.
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