Brass Chamber Music in 1850s Paris: Spotlight on Auguste Mimart

Activity: External performance, talk or presentation › Talk for a mainly academic audience (e.g. at an academic conference)

Description

A presentation on the life and compositions for small brass ensemble
of Auguste Mimart in the context of the origins of chamber music for brass in mid-nineteenth century Paris. This includes connections to Jean Francois Bellon's quintets and the role of the military in the expansion of chamber music for brass instruments.
Period26 May 2021
Event titlePond Life: Crosscurrents over the Atlantic: Historic Brass Society Symposium
Event typeConference
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Chamber Music
  • Brass chamber music
  • Brass quintets
  • Brass septets
  • Paris in 1850s
  • Auguste Mimart
  • Bellon