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A 1927 review in The Gramophone noted that "Charles Leggett, needless to say, plays cornet solos of Love's old sweet song and Oh that we two were maying, as almost only he can play the cornet." [ 2 ] A 1911 review in The Music Hall and Theatre Review called him a "clever cornet player".
Born in London, England, he reportedly began his study of the cornet with only its mouthpiece; his family could not afford the instrument itself.After migrating to the United States, he began a significant musical career as a cornet soloist and was billed as "The World's Greatest Cornetist".
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Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban (28 February 1825 – 8 April 1889) 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 ...
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Although he always said he was a follower of Armstrong, he made his name as a follower of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke. [7] In 1938 Benny Goodman hired the talented 23 year old to recreate Bix's "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. [2]
James Shepherd (25 November 1936 – 22 June 2023) was an English cornet player from Northumbria, described as one of the world's most respected players of the instrument, having won the Championship Soloist of Great Britain Prize in three consecutive years (1962-4).
Arban’s complete celebrated method for the cornet or E♭ alto, B♭ tenor, baritone, euphonium and B♭ bass in treble clef Subtitle newly revised and edited by Edwin Franko Goldman