- Vassily Brandt
Karl Wilhelm (Vasily Georgievich) Brandt (1869-1923) was a Russian trumpeter,
pedagogue , andcomposer .He became principal trumpet of the
Bolshoi Theater in 1890 and became first cornet in 1903. He succeededFriedrich Richter (1826-1901) as the trumpet professor of theMoscow Conservatory in 1900, and also taught band orchestration there. He is considered the founder of the Russian trumpet school. His "34 Orchestral Etudes", is an important study material for modern trumpet players. His two "Concert Pieces" for trumpet and piano are also widely performed today. Brandt joined the faculty of theSaratov Conservatory in 1912. Among his students arePyotr Lyamin (1884-1968) who succeeded Brandt as a professor at the Saratov Conservatory;Pavel Klochkov (1884-1966) who was an early Russian recording artist;Vladimir Drucker (1898-1974) who was a principal trumpet with theLos Angeles Philharmonic ; andMikhail Tabakov (1877-1956) who became professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Several of his compositions and etude books are published byInternational Music Company .Sources:
* [http://www.library.unt.edu/theses/open/20031/akhmadullin_iskander/dissertation.pdf Dissertation: "The Russian Trumpet Sonata: A Study of Selected Representative Sonatas for Trumpet and Piano With An Historical Overview of the Russian Trumpet School Together With Three Recitals of Selected Works by Viviani, Chaynes, Böhme , and Others" by Iskander Akhmadullin]
* [http://www.internationalmusicco.com/search2.cfm?SearchVal=BRANDT,%20Vassily&SearchParams=Complyr,Alias1 International Music Company - works by V. Brandt]
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