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| Title:: |
Dufresne, Corniste, "Ex-trompette a pistons des Concerts Musard" |
Year:: |
1839 |
| Artist: |
Maurisset, Theodore |
After: |
Dantan, Jean-Pierre |
| Medium: |
stone engraving |
Provenance: |
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| Period: |
French 19th Century |
School/Style: |
Caricature 18th-19th Century |
| Catalogs: |
Sorel 78;
Dantan 125;
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Height(mm):
Width(mm):
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115
31
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| Price: |
$350.00 |
| Description: |
The cornet-a-pistons (for that what actually what he played) was developed in France about 1830 and, in the hands of Dufresne, soloist and assistant leader of the Concerts Musard, it caused a sensation in Paris. Dufresne, unwisely, left Musard to lead orchestras on his own and ultimately became Chef de la Musique of the Garde Nationale. A tall, thin man, he is shown sitting, in an impossible way, on a music stand (he seems to grow out of it), his cornet crossed on his breast. A fine impression on wove paper with large margins; a few small spots far from the image. Music catalog # 438. |
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