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Hughes became professor of ophicleide at the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall and at the Guildhall School of Music. He died in poverty in 1898 in Reading, Berkshire, England. The ophicleide died with him. His widow received a small grant for his burial from the Royal Society of Musicians. His instrument is on display in the ...
One of the last great ophicleide players was the English musician Sam Hughes. There have been claims that the instrument was a direct ancestor of the saxophone: supposedly Adolphe Sax, while repairing an ophicleide, put a woodwind mouthpiece on the instrument and liked the sound, allegedly leading Sax to design and create a purpose-built ...
accomplished player of the euphonium, ophicleide and other brass instruments. He is credited with widening the bore of the euphonium to improve the tone. He was an expert player playing with many musical companies and wrote a tutor for the instrument. Joseph M. Raffayola Former euphonist with the Sousa Band from 1892 to 1903; teacher of Simone ...
Clifford James "Cliff" Bevan (1934 – 2024) was an English tubist, trombonist, organologist, music historian, composer and publisher. [1] He specialised in historically informed performance, including historical low brass instruments such as the ophicleide, cimbasso and serpent.
Jean Prosper Guivier was born in Antakalnis, a district in Vilnius, Lithuania, the son of Etienne Simon Guivier (6 March 1780 – 1 October 1829), a Napoleonic soldier of the 106 e régiment d'Infanterie de ligne (106th Line Infantry Regiment) [1] and Hélène or Marie-Hélène Odino or Odinot (5 March 1786 – 30 July 1857).
They played contradanzas, and other dances of the time. The orchestra was a típica, with cornet, trombone, ophicleide, two clarinets, two violins, double bass, kettle drum, and güíro. The ophicleide was a sort of bass bugle with keys, invented in 1817; the t-bone would be a valve trombone. Orq.
Paul McCartney. In addition releasing EDM music under the name Fireman, early in his career Sir Paul went undercover as Bernard Webb to write the song "Woman" for the duo Peter and Gordon.
Jean Hilaire Asté (1775–1840), also known as Halary or Halari, was a French professor of music and instrument-maker. [1] Among the other instruments he patented, he is best known for inventing the ophicleide of which, it has been claimed, only five originals remain. [citation needed]