Jean-Baptiste Arban “Variations on the Carnival of Venice“

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 virtuoso technique on the instrument. Arban was born in Lyon, France. From 1841 to 1845 he studied trumpet with Francois Dauverné at the Paris Conservatoire. His variatio