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Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 1800s, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band, and chamber music literature. The...
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Valery Popov
Valery Popov is a Russian bassoonist.
Popov was born in 1937, son of Sergey Popov, the noted principal trumpeter of the USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra. Valery Popov initially followed his father in playing the trumpet but in 1957 changed to the...
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Simon Kovar
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...
Date of birth:
- May 22, 1890
Date of death:
- Jan 17, 1970 (age 79 years)
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Archie Camden
Archie Camden (1888–1979) was a British bassoonist; he was a pedagogue and soloist of international acclaim. 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...
Date of birth:
- 1888
Date of death:
- 1979 (age 91 years)
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P.D.Q. Bach
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...
Date of birth:
- Jul 17, 1935 (age 74 years)
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Illinois Jacquet
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922–July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home", recognized as the first R&B; sax solo.
Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor sax that became a regular...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1922
Date of death:
- Jul 22, 2004 (age 81 years)
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Vasily Kalinnikov
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (Russian: Василий Сергеевич Калинников) (January 13 [O.S. January 1] 1866 – January 11, 1901) was a Russian composer of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works and numerous songs, all of them imbued with...
Date of birth:
- Jan 13, 1866
Date of death:
- Jan 11, 1901 (age 35 years)
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Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander (R.A.A.) "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born 24 August 1948) is a Zimbabwean-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century McCall Smith became a respected expert on...
Date of birth:
- Aug 24, 1948 (age 61 years)
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David Munrow
David Munrow (12 August 1942 – 15 May 1976) was a musician and early music historian.
Munrow was born in Birmingham and was the son of Albert Munrow, a Birmingham University lecturer and physical education instructor who wrote a book on the subject,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 12, 1942
Date of death:
- May 15, 1976 (age 33 years)
Willy Hess
Willy Hess (1906 – 1997) was a Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Beethoven scholar. He achieved fame after compiling and publishing a catalogue of works of Beethoven that were not listed in the "complete" edition.
He was born in Winterthur,...
Date of birth:
- 1906
Date of death:
- 1997 (age 91 years)
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John Frederick Lampe
John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751) was a musician.
He was born in Saxony, but came to England in 1724 and played the bassoon in opera houses. His wife, Isabella Lampe, was sister-in-law to the composer Thomas Arne with whom Lampe collaborated on a...
Date of birth:
- 1703
Date of death:
- 1751 (age 48 years)
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John Hebden
John Hebden (1712 – 1765) was a composer and musician in 18th century Great Britain.
Little is known of Hebden's life. He was baptized on 21 July 1712 at Spofforth, near Harrogate in Yorkshire, the son of 'John Hebdin' of Plompton. He was orphaned...
Date of birth:
- 1712
Date of death:
- 1765 (age 53 years)
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George Zukerman
George Benedict Zukerman, OC, OBC (born February 22, 1927) is a Canadian bassoonist.
In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1996, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia.
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1927 (age 82 years)
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Lindsay Cooper
Lindsay Cooper (born 3 March 1951) is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the...
Date of birth:
- Mar 3, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Lennie Niehaus
Lennie Niehaus (born 11 June 1929) is an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and composer on the West Coast jazz scene. He has played with the Stan Kenton big band, and various other jazz bands on the West Coast of the U.S. Niehaus has arranged and...
Date of birth:
- Jun 11, 1929 (age 80 years)
Frank Tiberi
Frank Tiberi (born December 4, 1928) 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,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 4, 1928 (age 81 years)
Johnny Reinhard
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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Vernon Elliot
Vernon Pelling Elliott (27 July 1912 - 12 October 1996) was a British bassoonist, conductor and composer.
Born into a musical family in 1912, Elliott took up the bassoon at a very early age. From then on he had an eventful, busy and very musical...
Date of birth:
- 1912
Date of death:
- 1996 (age 84 years)
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Garvin Bushell
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...
Date of birth:
- 1902
Date of death:
- 1991 (age 89 years)
Vinny Golia
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....
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1946 (age 63 years)
Bernard Garfield
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...
Date of birth:
- 1924 (age 86 years)
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Sol Schoenbach
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...
Date of birth:
- 1915
Date of death:
- 1999 (age 84 years)
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Makanda Ken McIntyre
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...
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1931
Date of death:
- Jun 13, 2001 (age 69 years)
Judith LeClair
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...
Date of birth:
- 1958 (age 52 years)
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Julius Weissenborn
Christian Julius Weissenborn (April 13, 1837, in Friedrichs-Tanneck near Eisenberg, Thuringia - April 21, 1888, Leipzig) was a bassoonist, teacher and composer. He was principal bassoonist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1857 - 1887. He...
Date of birth:
- Apr 13, 1837
Date of death:
- Apr 21, 1888 (age 51 years)
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Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel was born in Cúa, Miranda state, Venezuela, February 10, 1911, started as a musician at the Caracas Musical Declamation Academy (today "José Ángel Lamas"), in that school obtain the composition degree, was one of the...
Date of birth:
- 1911
Date of death:
- 1986 (age 75 years)
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Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski (born 4 October 1962 in Paris) is a French conductor of classical music, especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works. His father was Alexandre Minkowski, professor of pediatrics and one of the founders of...
Date of birth:
- Oct 4, 1962 (age 47 years)
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Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (29 September 1674 – 16 July 1763), also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French composer and flautist. Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind...
Date of birth:
- 1674
Date of death:
- 1763 (age 89 years)
Douglas Ewart
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...
Date of birth:
- 1946 (age 64 years)
Anton Bullandt
Antoine Bullant, also Anton Bullandt (Russian: Антон Булландт or Антуан Бюлан, born: February 9 1751 in Mělník, Bohemia — died: June 25 [OS 13] 1821 St Petersburg) was a Czech musician (bassoon player) and opera composer that worked first in France...
Date of birth:
- Feb 9, 1751
Date of death:
- 1821 (age 69 years)
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Pierre Mercure
Pierre Mercure is (born in Montreal 21 Feb 1927; died in an accident near Avallon, France 29 Jan 1966), Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist, administrator. Premier prix Harmony, Counterpoint, Deuxième prix bassoon (Conservatoire de musique de...
Date of birth:
- 1927
Date of death:
- 1966 (age 39 years)
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Jordan Brown
Jordan Lancaster Brown is an American conductor. He has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra, the Albano Ballet Company; the Wiener Kammeroper; and Denmark’s Odense Symphony Orchestra. Of his National Symphony Orchestra debut, the Washington...
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Sherman Walt
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...
Date of birth:
- 1923
Date of death:
- Oct 26, 1989 (age 66 years)
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Leonard Sharrow
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...
Date of birth:
- Aug 4, 1915
Date of death:
- Aug 9, 2004 (age 89 years)
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Tariq Masri
Tariq Masri (born 1973) is an American bassoonist. He is currently principal bassoonist for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to being the current, principal bassoonist of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, he has also served as principal...
Date of birth:
- 1973 (age 37 years)
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Etienne Ozi
Etienne Ozi (9 December 1754 – 5 October 1813) was a French bassoonist and composer. He is known for his concertos, symphonies concertantes, and pedagogical pieces. His works were influential in the development of the bassoon and remain a staple of...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1754
Date of death:
- Oct 5, 1813 (age 58 years)
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Michael Rabinowitz
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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Arthur Weisberg
Arthur Weisberg (4 April 1931 – 17 January 2009) was an American bassoonist, conductor, composer and author.
Weisberg was born in New York City. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and later the...
Date of birth:
- Apr 4, 1931
Date of death:
- Jan 17, 2009 (age 77 years)
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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas (born November 7, 1944) is a Canadian musician, composer, pianist, and bassoonist whose works received influence from classical music, jazz, African, Indian and Brazilian music, the 1970s funk and many other genres.
He has toured and...
Date of birth:
- Nov 7, 1944 (age 65 years)
Paul Hindemith
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 Hoch’sche Konservatorium in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 16, 1895
Date of death:
- Dec 28, 1963 (age 68 years)
Paul Hanson
Paul Hanson is an American jazz bassoonist, saxophonist, and duduk player.
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...
Dan Welcher
Dan Welcher (born March 2, 1948) is an American composer, conductor, and music educator.
Welcher was born in Rochester, New York and earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, studying bassoon, piano, and...
Date of birth:
- Mar 2, 1948 (age 61 years)
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John Jorgenson
John Jorgenson (born 6 July 1956, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American musician. Although most well-known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, Jorgenson is also proficient in the mandolin, mandocello,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 6, 1956 (age 53 years)
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Meyrick Alexander
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...
Date of birth:
- May 18, 1952 (age 57 years)
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Per Hannevold
Per Hannevold is a member of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet and has been principal bassoon of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since 1979. He is a Professor at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen. In 1995 with the Bergen Philharmonic he presented...
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Roger Birnstingl
Roger Birnstingl is a prominent British classical bassoonist. He studied with Archie Camden at the Royal College of Music in London. He has served as principal bassoonist of the London Philharmonic (1956-1958), the Royal Philharmonic (1961-1964) and...
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Marc Engelhardt
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...
Date of birth:
- 1961 (age 49 years)
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Asger Svendsen
Asger Svendsen is a performer and professor of bassoon and chamber music.
Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music as a bassoonist and pianist. Apart from teaching at the RDAM he is also professor at the Music Academy in Malmö, where he is in...
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George Dreyfus
George Dreyfus AM (born 22 July 1928, Wuppertal, Germany) is a contemporary classical, film and television composer in Australia.
The Dreyfus family migrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1939 as the Nazi Party gained strength. George studied at...
Date of birth:
- Jul 22, 1928 (age 81 years)
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Noel F Cox
Noel Cox OBE BMus FRCO LRAM FRAM (25 December 1917 – July 19, 2005), was an English-born musician.
Noel Cox was born in Grantham on 25 December 1917. He attended The King's School, Grantham, and had private piano lessons and in 1935 gained a place...
Date of birth:
- 1917
Date of death:
- 2005 (age 88 years)
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Gwydion Brooke
Gwydion Brooke (16 February 1912 – 27 March 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 ...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1912
Date of death:
- Mar 27, 2005 (age 93 years)
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John Miller, Jr
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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Lewis Hugh Cooper
Lewis Hugh Cooper (December 31, 1920 – April 26, 2007) was professor of bassoon at the University of Michigan School of Music (now School of Music, Theatre & Dance) for 52 years, beginning in 1945 when he joined the Detroit Symphony as second...
Date of birth:
- Dec 31, 1920
Date of death:
- Apr 26, 2007 (age 86 years)
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Stephen Maxym
'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...
Date of birth:
- Jul 17, 1915
Date of death:
- Oct 12, 2002 (age 87 years)
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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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Ludwig Milde
Ludwig Milde (1849, Prague – 1913, Bad Nauheim, Germany) is known primarily as a composer of music for the bassoon. In particular, his 25 Studies in Scales and Chords (Op. 24) and his 50 Concert Studies (Op. 26) are widely played to this day.
Milde...
Date of birth:
- 1849
Date of death:
- 1913 (age 64 years)
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William Waterhouse
William Waterhouse (18 February 1931 in London – 5 November 2007 in Florence) was a distinguished British bassoonist and musicologist. He played with notable orchestras, was a member of the Melos Ensemble, professor at the Royal Northern College of...
Date of birth:
- Feb 18, 1931
Date of death:
- Nov 5, 2007 (age 76 years)
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Karen Borca
Karen Borca (born September 5, 1948, Green Bay, Wisconsin) is an American free jazz bassoonist.
Borca studied music at the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1971. While there she met Cecil Taylor, who taught there during the 1970/71 academic...
Date of birth:
- Sep 5, 1948 (age 61 years)
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Doug Ostgard
Doug Ostgard is a a professional musician specializing in woodwinds. He has backed up an impressive list of showbiz greats, from Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Johnny Mathis to Rosemary Clooney, Lena Horne and Ann-Margaret.
Doug Ostgard is...
Ariel Backenroth
Date of birth:
- Aug 8, 1978 (age 31 years)
