The Arban Method, titled with some variation over the years as Arban's World Renowned Method for the Cornet and Arban's Complete Celebrated Method for the Cornet (French: Grande méthode complète de cornet à pistons et de saxhorn), is a complete pedagogical method for students of trumpet, cornet, and other brass instruments. The original edition was written and composed by Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) and published in Paris by Léon Escudier in 1864.[1] It has been reissued by multiple publishers, with notable revisions made by T.H. Rollinson published in 1879 by J.W. Pepper, Edwin Franko Goldman published in 1893 by Carl Fischer, and Claude Gordon published in 1982 also by Carl Fischer. It contains hundreds of exercises ranging from basic to advanced compositions, with later editions also including a selection of popular themes as solos and duets by various composers, and several original compositions by Arban including his famous arrangement of Carnival of Venice.[2]
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Arban's world-renowned method Front cover of the 1879 edition |
Author | Jean-Baptiste Arban |
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Original title | La grande méthode complète de cornet à piston et de saxhorn par Arban |
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Subject | Musical Instruments: Studies and exercises, Cornet music, Trumpet music |
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Genre | sheet music |
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