caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
anton torello 1960 1884 6 los angeles , california 1909 -- 1960 sant sadurní d'anoia , spain non_vocal_instrumentalist 30 june 1884 double bass classical music antoni torelló i ros.jpg anton torello
 anton torello double-bassist
anton torello

anton torello -lrb- spanish : antoni torelló i ros , 30 june 1884 , sant sadurní d'anoia -- 1960 , los angeles -rrb- was a catalan double bass player .
he was principal bass of the philadelphia orchestra from 1914 until 1948 , and was the first bass professor at philadelphia 's curtis institute of music .
he taught what became the philadelphia school of double bass playing , strongly influencing american bass playing .
