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| x Sherman Walt | Musical Artist |
Sherman Walt (1923-October 26, 1989) was one of the foremost American bassoonists of the 20th Century. Born in Minnesota, he served in the U.S. Army in World War II, winning a Bronze Star; after his discharge from the service he joined the Chicago...
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| x Archie Camden | Person |
Archie Camden (1888–1979) was a British bassoonist; he was a pedagogue and soloist of international reclaim. His career began in 1906 when he joined the Hallé Orchestra where he became principal bassoonist in 1914. In 1933 he moved to the BBC...
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| x Garvin Bushell | Person |
Garvin Bushell (1902 - 1991) was an American woodwind multi-instrumentalist.
Though never a major name in jazz, Bushell had a lengthy career from the music's early era, to the avant garde of the '60s.
Bushell was born in Springfield, Ohio. He played...
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| x Douglas Ewart |
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Douglas R. Ewart (b. Kingston, Jamaica, 1946) is a multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder. He plays sopranino and alto saxophones, clarinets, bassoon, flute, bamboo flutes (shakuhachi, ney, and panpipes), and didgeridoo; as well as Rastafarian...
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| x Bernard Garfield | Person |
Bernard Garfield (born 1924) is a well-known bassoonist, teacher, composer and pedagogue.
He studied at New York University (1948 BA, English Literature) and received a master’s degree in composition from Columbia University in 1950. He received the...
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| x Vinny Golia | Person |
Vinny Golia (b. The Bronx, New York City, New York, March 1, 1946) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation....
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| x Illinois Jacquet |
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Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922–July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is better known simply as Illinois Jacquet. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor sax that became a...
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| x Simon Kovar | Person |
Simon Kovar (May 22, 1890 – January 17, 1970) was a 20th century bassoonist and one of the most renowned teachers of the instrument.
Simon Kovar was born Simon Kovarski in Vilnius, Lithuania, then a part of Russia, in 1890. He took up the bassoon at...
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| x Judith LeClair | Person |
Judith LeClair (born 1958), from Newark, Delaware, is an American bassoonist.
She has been the principal bassoon in the New York Philharmonic since 1981 and on the faculty at the Juilliard School since 1985, LeClair began studying the instrument at...
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| x Makanda Ken McIntyre | Musical Artist |
Makanda Ken McIntyre (born Kenneth Arthur McIntyre; also known as Ken McIntyre) (September 7, 1931 – June 13, 2001) was an American jazz musician and composer.
McIntyre was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to his primary instrument, the...
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| x Stephen Maxym | Person |
'Stephen Maxym (July 17, 1915 – October 12, 2002) was an American bassoonist. Born in New York City, he attended the Institute of Musical Arts (now The Juilliard School) before Joining the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bassoon under...
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| x John Miller, Jr | Person |
John Miller received his early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and the New England Conservatory in Boston. He also holds a BS degree in humanities and engineering from MIT and was awarded a Fulbright grant for music study...
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| x Michael Rabinowitz | Person |
Michael Rabinowitz is a bassoonist who plays both classical music and jazz. Born in Bethany, Connecticut, Michael grew up with four sisters and a brother. Surrounded by a family of artists, he was encouraged to pursue interests in music and other...
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| x Johnny Reinhard | Person |
Johnny Reinhard is a microtonal composer and virtuoso bassoonist. He employs many avant-garde techniques in his bassoon performance such as glissando and multiphonics, as well as using just intonation and other microtonal tuning systems.
He is a...
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| x Sol Schoenbach | Person |
Sol Schoenbach (1915-1999) was an accomplished bassoonist, teacher and pedagogue.
Schoenbach was a student of the distinguished bassoonist Simon Kovar. He studied at the New York University, and held honorary doctorates from Temple University and...
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| x Leonard Sharrow | Musical Artist |
Leonard Sharrow (August 4, 1915–August 9, 2004), was one of the foremost American bassoonists of the 20th Century. Born in New York City, he joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra when it was first organized, eventually becoming principal bassoonist (and...
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| x P.D.Q. Bach |
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P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In a running gag that Schickele has used in a four-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family. He has...
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| x Frank Tiberi |
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Frank Tiberi, of Camden, New Jersey, is the leader of the Woody Herman Orchestra. He was hand-picked by Woody Herman shortly before Herman's death, to lead the band, and he has been doing it since 1987. He plays the alto and tenor saxophone,...
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| x Carl Almenräder | Person |
Carl Almenräder (3 October 1786 in Ronsdorf (Wuppertal) – 14 September 1846 in Biebrich) was a German performer, teacher and composer.
The design of the modern bassoon owes a great deal to Almenräder, who, assisted by the German acoustics researcher...
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| x Marc Engelhardt | Person |
The bassoonist Marc Engelhardt was born in 1961 in Radevormwald, Germany . From 1976 to 1982, he studied with Prof. Günter Pfitzenmaier in Köln and from 1982 to 1986, with Prof. Klaus Thunemann in Hannover. Since 1986, Prof. Marc Engelhardt has been...
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| x Paul Hindemith |
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Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.
Born in Hanau, Germany, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child. He entered the Hochsche Konservatorium in...
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| x Kim Walker |
Kim Walker is a bassoonist of Scottish/American origins, who studied with Roger Birnstingl at the Geneva Conservatory. Following a career performing internationally, she became involved in education. After 10 years at Indiana University, Walker...
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| x Julius Weissenborn | Person |
Christian Julius Weissenborn (April 13, 1837, in Friedrichs-Tanneck near Eisenberg, Thuringia - April 21, 1888, Leipzig) was a bassoon player, teacher and composer. He was principal bassoonist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1857 - 1887. He...
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| x Arthur Weisberg | Musical Artist |
Arthur Weisberg (1931-) is an American bassoonist, conductor, composer and author.
Arthur Weisberg was born (April 4, 1931) in New York City. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and later the...
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| x Meyrick Alexander | Person |
Meyrick Alexander (born May 18, 1952) is a British bassoonist who currently plays with the Philharmonia Orchestra, based in London.
Meyrick Alexander has been Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra since 1980, having previously been...
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| x Gwydion Brooke | Person |
Gwydion Brooke (February 16, 1912 – March 27, 2005) was the principal bassoonist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of its “Royal Family” of wind instrumentalists, along with Jack Brymer (clarinet), Dennis Brain (horn), Richard Walton ...
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| x Paul Hanson | Musical Artist |
Paul Hanson is an American jazz bassoonist and saxophonist.
He received a bachelor of music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a student of San Francisco Symphony Orchestra principal bassoonist Stephen Paulson.
He has performed...
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