Felippe Cioffi

Felippe Cioffi (fl. 1828-1846) was trombone soloist in the 19th century.

Cioffi began his remarkable solo career in New York, and later moved to New Orleans, and then London. [1]

"Cioffi appeared regularly at Niblo's Garden when he was in New York. In these settings [he] played arrangements of popular songs and operatic excerpts, among other lighter fare." Guion [1]

He was a member of Berlioz's 1848 Drury Lane orchestra but did not play the solo in the middle movement of the composer's "Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale" because it was supremely taxing for the technique of the day, according to Shifrin. [4]

"was a marvellous player on the slide trombone. His silk hat was lined with newspaper cuttings relating to his performances, and he would sometimes give us a taste of his quality which would rather open our eyes." [3]

During 1860-1866 Cioffi was professor at the Military Music Class at Kneller Hall, near London. [2]

Louis Jullien employed Cioffi as solo trombonist with his popular dance orchestra in London. [1]

References

* [1] Guion, David M. [http://www.trombone.org/articles/library/viewarticles.asp?ArtID=254 A Short History of the Trombone] (2004)
* Guion, David M. "Felippe Cioffi: A Trombonist in Antebellum America". American Music 14 (1996): pp. 1-41.
* [2] Herbert, Trevor: The Trombone, Yale University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-300-10095-7 pp144-145
* [3] 'Kneller Hall in the Days Gone By', The British Musician and Orchestral Times 7 (1894), p. 14
* [4] Shifrin, Ken: [http://www.trombone-society.org.uk/resources/articles/shifrin/shifrin01.php The Alto Trombone in the Orchestra: 1800-2000]