Reissue of the most well-known and widely distributed school for trumpet and other brass instruments by Jean-Baptiste Arban. This book contains volumes 1 to 3. Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Laurent Arban - Biographical Sketch: This famous artist was born on February 28, 1825, in Lyon, France. At a young age, he entered the conservatory to study trumpet under François Dauverné. He completed his military service in the navy aboard "La Belle Poule," whose conductor Paulus became the conductor of the Garde à Paris during the reign of Napoleon III. After serving as a teacher for saxhorn at the military school (1857), he was elected cornet teacher at the conservatory on January 23, 1869. After dedicating himself to this position for five years, Arban left the conservatory for six years.