Charles Louis Triébert (31 October 1810 – 18 July 1867) was a French

oboist An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette. The following is a list of notable past and pres ...

and instrument-maker.

Life

Triébert was born in Paris in 1810; his father (1770–1847) and brother Frédéric Triébert (1813–1878) were

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makers. He studied at the

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, and took the first oboe prize in Gustave Vogt's class in 1829. He was known to have an excellent

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, great execution, and good style; he was a noted player at the Théâtre des Italiens, and in 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 phi ...

. Although much occupied with instrument-making, he carried on his oboe-playing with earnestness, and composed much for the instrument: original pieces, arrangements of operatic airs, and (with Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt) fantaisies-concertantes for oboe and

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. At the

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Triébert obtained a medal for his adaptation of the

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to the oboe, and for improved bassoons. Triébert succeeded

Stanislas Verroust Louis Stanislas Xavier Verroust (10 May 1814 – 9 or 11 April 1863) was a French composer and oboist. Biographical sketch Verroust was born in Hazebrouck. He received a second prize in Gustave Vogt's class in oboe in 1833,1810 births 1867 deaths 19th-century French musicians Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical oboists French musical instrument makers French classical composers French male classical composers Oboe makers Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris 19th-century French male musicians {{France-music-bio-stub