Stone engraving of the noted horn player

by Théodore Maurisset fl. 1834-1859 after Jean-Pierre Dantan 1800-1869 by Dufresne fl

$450 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

114 x 31 mm. + wide margins, sheet size 263 x 172 mm. Printed on wove paper.The present engraving depicts Dufresne with cornet held to his chest, his legs entwined around the pedestal of a music stand. Sorel 78. Dantan 125.Dufresne was first mentioned as a horn player in Philippe Musard's orchestra in Paris in 1830, playing cornet solos at light concerts and fashionable balls. He left Musard to start his own orchestra and

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