Alfred-Alexandre Quentin (1 January 1827 – 6 February 1895), digitized civil register of the 18th arrondissement, death certificate N°548 of the year 1895: transcription of the death certificate of the musician who died in the 10th arrondissement. was a French classical trombonist.

Life

Born in

Cherbourg-Octeville Cherbourg-Octeville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

, Quentin entered the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, in

Antoine Dieppo Antoine Dieppo (30 November 1808 – 16 February 1878) was a French trombonist. Life Born in Amersfoort, Dieppo was a soloist at the Opéra-Comique and the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. He was much appreciated by Be ...

's class. He won the second trombone prize at the 1856 competition, and the first prize the following year. At that time, he was a member of the Musard Concert Orchestra, and soon afterwards joined the

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris The Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris is a French Symphonic Orchestra dating from 1672. Since the opening of the Opéra Bastille in 1989, the orchestra has also been called the ''Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille''. History In 1672, the Paris ...

. Under the title ''Orchestration, traité d’instrumentation'' (Paris, l’auteur, in- 8°), Quentin published a manual intended above all, in his thinking, to make composers familiar with the knowledge of copper instruments used in the composition of symphony orchestras. Quentin died in the

10th arrondissement of Paris The 10th arrondissement of Paris (''Xe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''dixième'' ("10th arrondissement of Paris" = "dixième arrondisseme ...

at the age of 68.

Sources

* François-Joseph Fétis, Arthur Pougin, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique'', Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1881, .

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