Gaston Hamelin
Gaston Hamelin (27 May 1884 – 8 September 1951) was a French clarinetist and teacher. Gaston Hamelin was born in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, Hamelin won the first prize for clarinet at the Paris Conservatory in 1904 under professor Charles Turban. He was a noted soloist, becoming the first to perform the Première rhapsodie for clarinet by Claude Debussy in 1919; he is also believed to be the first to record that work.
Gaston Hamelin
- Born
- 1884 · Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche.
- Died
- 1951
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- clarinetist · teacher · composer · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse
- Teachers
- Charles Paul Turban
- Languages
- French
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Gaston Hamelin, a musician, clarinettist, music teacher and composer, was born in 1884 and died in 1951.
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Born at Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche in 1884, died in 1951.
Gaston Hamelin studied at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse. Training under Charles Paul Turban is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music.
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- 1.Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. CRC Press. 2004. 9780415938358.
- 2.Traccy Lynn Paddock. Hamelin, Armand. 136.
- 3.The Clarinet. Yale University Press. 2008. 9780300102826.
- 4.Il s'agissait d'un modèle Full-Boehm.
- 5.Sherman Friedland. Boston, 1931, contract not renewed, and what followed. 2012-09-20.
- 6.Clarinet Virtuosi of Today. Egom Publishers. 1989. 9780905858463.
- 7.Joanne Marie Britz. A Systematic Approach to Five Clarinet Fundamentals as utilized in Rose's Forty Etudes. University of Texas. 9. 2004.
- 8.HAMELIN Gaston. Archives du clarinettiste. auction.fr. 19 octobre 2009.
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