death_date death_place years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
8 april 1889 paris , france 1845 -- 1888 lyon , france non_vocal_instrumentalist 28 february 1825 cornet romantic arban.jpg jean-baptiste arban
 joseph jean-baptiste laurent arban cornetist , teacher , conductor
jean-baptiste arban

joseph jean-baptiste laurent arban -lrb- 28 february 1825 -- 8 april 1889 -rrb- was a cornetist , conductor , composer , pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the `` cornet à 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 .
born in lyon , france , he studied trumpet with francois dauverné 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 méthode complète pour cornet à 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 , '' -lrb- no. 96 , from 11.4.1890 , page 2 -rrb- , 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 historic accuracy .
