Jean Bellon
Quintette No. 8

Name: Atelier Bim
Price range: $

for brass quintet

Arranger: Raymond Lapie
Level: intermediate
Duration: 12'
Genre: romantic
Composed: c. 1850

Reference: ENS110
CHF38.00
Score and parts

Details

Instrumentation:
2 cornets (or trumpets) in Bb, horn in F, trombone and tuba
Published: 2001
Publisher: Editions Bim

Composer

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 1... Read more

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.