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Frank E. Holton was born March 10, 1858, in Allegan, Michigan to farmers Otis (b. 1827) and Hanna A. (b. 1829) Holton. He grew up with three sisters: Emma E. Holton, Alice Holton and Leona Holton. [2][3] By the time he was 34, Frank Holton was an accomplished trombone player and principal trombone of the Sousa Band, a role that would later be ...
The baroque trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. [ 1 ] Its designed to allow modern performers to imitate the natural trumpet when playing music of that time, so it is often associated with it. The term 'baroque trumpet' is often used to differentiate an instrument which has added vent holes and other modern compromises, from an ...
The natural trumpet was probably first used as a military instrument in Ancient Egypt. The trumpets depicted by the artists of the Eighteenth Dynasty were short straight instruments made of wood, bronze, copper or silver. According to the Classical writers, the Egyptian trumpet sounded like the braying of an ass.
F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth (F. E.) Olds in Los Angeles, California in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments, especially trombones, cornets, and trumpets. By the late 1960s or early 1970s, although still producing some professional level instruments, the company had become better ...
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major ...
Hardenberger is a pioneer of important virtuosic new trumpet works. [2] He collaborated with contemporary composers Harrison Birtwistle, Brett Dean (Dramatis Personae), HK Gruber (Aerial), Hans Werner Henze, Betsy Jolas, György Ligeti and Mark-Anthony Turnage (Dispelling the Fears). [4]
Jeremiah Clarke. Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) [ 1 ] was an English baroque composer and organist, best known for his Trumpet Voluntary, a popular piece often played at wedding ceremonies or commencement ceremonies.
Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band. Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities and versatility are renowned even among other session ...