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Jean-Baptiste Arban
Joseph Jean Baptist Laurent Arban (28 February 1825 - 9 April 1889), a conductor, pedagogue, and cornet player was the first famed virtuoso of the "cornet a piston" or valved cornet. He was influenced by 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. He taught for many years at the Paris Conservatoire and published his "Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn" (Paris, 1864) which is still studied by brass players today.
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