Other Bass Players

I hope to have a separate page for these individuals as soon as I can find more information or photographs.

Cerny, Frantisek 

• Born: 1861
• Died: 1940
• Studied with: Vendelin Sládek
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Gouffé, Achille

• Born: September 4, 1804 in Pontoise
• Died: August 31, 1874 in Paris.
• Studied with: 
• Played for: Solo bass of the Opera & Concert Society of Paris.
• Comment: Professor of Double Bass at the Paris Conservatoire. His bass was made by Francois Plumerel in 1843. Gouffé and his bass are shown in the painting by Edgar Dégas called L'Orchestre de l'Opera, now hanging in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris..

Hause, Vàclav (Wenzel)

• Born: November 14, 1764 in Raudnitz-on-the-Elba, Bohemia.
• Died: February 18, 1845 in Prague.
• Studied with: 
• Played for: 
• Comment: First Professor of Double Bass at the Prague Conservatory from 1811 to 1845

Hrabé, Josef

• Born:  1816
• Died:  1870
• Studied with: Wenzel Hause at the Prague Conservatory.
• Played for: 
• Comment: Professor of Double Bass at the Prague Conservatory.

Kuchynka, Vojta

• Born: 1871
• Died: 1912
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Laska, Gustav

• Born: 1847
• Died:  1928
• Studied with: 
• Played for: 
• Comment: at Schwerin

Manoly, Ludwig Emanuel

• Born: 1856
• Died: 1932
• Studied with: Frantesik Simandl
• Played for: New York Philharmonic
• Comment: Appointed as bass teacher at the National Conservatory of Music in New York by Antonin Dvorak. I have corresponded via e-mail with Ludwig Manoly's great granddaughter who has promised a picture.

Mengoli, Annibale

• Born: 1851
• Died: 1895
• Studied with: 
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• Comment: Professor of double bass in Turin.

Nanny, Edouard

• Born: 1872 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
• Died: 1943 in Paris
• Studied with: 
• Played for: Principal bass of the Paris Symphony Orchestra.
• Comment: Professor of Double Bass at the Paris Conservatory.

Portnoi, Henri

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Anton Torelló i Ros
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Posta, Frantisek

• Born: Lany, Czechoslovakia, August 22, 1919.
• Died: July 18, 1991
• Studied with:  Oldrich Sorej at the Prague Conservatory.
• Played for: Czech Philharmonic from 1939 to 1985
• Comment: Professor at the Prague Conservatory. Grancino bass.

Rambousek, Josef

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Josef Hrabé of the Prague Conservatory.
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• Comment: Professor of Double Bass at the Moscow Philharmonic Music School.

Reinshagen, Herman

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Ludwig Manoly
• Played for: Played in the New York Philharmonic as Assistant Principal to Ludwig Manoly, and then Principal. 
• Comment: He retired in 1934 and moved to California where he was head of the bass department at the University of Southern California. His pupils included Gary Karr and Fred Zimmermann.

Rossi, Luigi

• Born: 
• Died: 
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• Comment:  Professor of double bass at the Milan Conservatory.

Sankey, Stuart

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Frederick Zimmermann
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Scott, Roger

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Anton Torelló i Ros
• Played for: Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Slama, Anton

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Graduated from the Prague Conservatory.
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Sládek, Vendelin

• Born: 1851
• Died: 1901
• Studied with: Joseph Hrabé
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Sorej, Oldrich 

• Born: 1891
• Died: 1953
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Josef Emanuel Storch

• Born: 1841
• Died: 1877
• Studied with: Josef Hrabé
• Played for: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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Valls i Duran, Pere

• Born: in 1869.
• Died: in 1935.
• Comment: Considered the founder of the Spanish double bass school.

Walter, David

• Born: 
• Died: 
• Studied with: Fred Zimmermann
• Played for: NBC Symphony under Toscanini.
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