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Double Bassist Hall of Fame

There is a great "Family Tree" of bass player Teacher/Pupil relationships on Greg Sarchet's website.

Domenico Dragonetti

Domenico Dragonetti

Giovanni Bottesini

Giovanni Bottesini

Franz Simandl

Franz Simandl

Ludwig Manoly

Ludvig Hegner

Ludvig Hegner

Isaia Billé

Isaia Billé

Václav Jiskra

Václav Jiskra

Serge Koussevitsky

Serge Koussevitsky

Lajos Montag

Lajos Montag

Frederick Zimmermann

Frederick Zimmermann

Philip Sklar

Philip Sklar

Anton Torelló i Ros

Warren Benfield

Warren Benfield

Lucas Drew

Lucas Drew

Oscar Zimmerman

Oscar Zimmerman

Ludwig Streicher

Ludwig Streicher

Gary Karr

Gary Karr

     
Philadelphia Orchestra Bass Section

Philadelphia Orchestra bass section circa 1940.

Front row, l. to r.: Anton Torello, Vinc Lazzaro, Carl Torello, Max Strassenberger, William Torello.

Back row: Warren Benfield, Gil Enie, S. Siani, Hans Heinrich Wiemann..

Photo courtesy of Tom Gale of the American School for Double Bass

 

Curly Howard

Curly

 





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