Jean Bellon
Quintette No. 5
for brass quintet
Arrangeur:
Raymond Lapie
intermediate
Duration: 12'
Printed version
ENS107 Score and parts
CHF 38.00
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Jean Bellon (1795-1869)
Born in Lyon, France on 30 May 1795, Jean Bellon concluded his musical schooling at the Conservatoire de Paris, probably as the student of Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) in violin (Premier Prix in 1823) and Anton Reicha (1770-1836) in composition. He subsequently became concertmaster of the Concerts Musard, and conducted various Parisian orchestras. As composer, his name is mentioned in several...
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A sensational discovery
To the best of present-day knowledge, the 12 brass quintets composed by Jean Bellon ca. 1848-50, are the oldest and most significant in the history of chamber music for brasses.
Product details
- Instrumentation
- 2 cornets (or trumpets) in Bb, horn in F, trombone and tuba
- Composed
- c. 1850
- Genre
- romantic
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Editions Bim
