Joseph Meifred
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Joseph Meifred was a hornist, a pedagogue, and a horn
designer. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Louis-François Dauprat and won the first prize in horn performance in 1818. He later became a professor at the conservatory and taught until his retirement in 1864.
One of his most enduring works is the Method for the chromatic horn, or horn with pistons (1840).
Horn (instrument)
The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
designer. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Louis-François Dauprat and won the first prize in horn performance in 1818. He later became a professor at the conservatory and taught until his retirement in 1864.
One of his most enduring works is the Method for the chromatic horn, or horn with pistons (1840).