Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet

Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet
Front cover of the 1879 edition
AuthorJean-Baptiste Arban
Original titleLa grande méthode complète de cornet à piston et de saxhorn par Arban
SubjectMusical Instruments: Studies and exercises, Cornet music, Trumpet music
GenreSheet music

Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet is a method book for students of trumpet, cornet, and other brass instruments. The original edition, Grande méthode complète de cornet à pistons et de saxhorn), was written and composed by Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) and published in Paris by Léon Escudier in 1864. It was reissued by multiple publishers, with notable revisions made by Thomas H. Rollinson published in 1879 by J.W. Pepper; Edwin Franko Goldman, published in 1893 by Carl Fischer; and Claude Gordon, published in 1982 also by Carl Fischer. It contains hundreds of exercises ranging from basic to advanced compositions, with later editions also including a selection of popular themes as solos and duets by various composers, and several original compositions by Arban including his famous arrangement of Carnival of Venice.