Paul Lespagne Delisse (12 July 1817 – 8 September 1888) was a 19th-century French classical

trombonist The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

. Born in

Longwy Longwy (; older german: Langich, ; lb, label= Luxemburgish, Lonkech) is a commune in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. The inhabitants are known as ''Longoviciens'' ...

, département Meurthe et Moselle, he became a soloist at the Opéra-Comique and the

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire The Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. It gave its first concert on 9 March 1828 with music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini. Administered by the philh ...

. From 1871 to 1888 he was a

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

professor at 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 succession to Antoine Dieppo. Delisse transcribed numerous works by classical and contemporary composers for trombone and piano. He died in Paris.

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Paul Delisse on BnF Data

Paul Lespagne Delisse
on Gallica 1817 births 1888 deaths 19th-century French musicians 19th-century male musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris French classical trombonists Male trombonists People from Longwy 19th-century classical trombonists {{France-musician-stub