Gaston Dufresne was a contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1927 to 1957 and a teacher of Solfege. Among his contrabass students are American composer Leroy Anderson and Boston Symphony principal trumpeter Roger Voisin. He also taught solfege to Voisin and to Boston Symphony hornist Richard Mackey. His most well known publication is Develop Sight Reading, a book of progressive sight reading studies which has been transcribed for use by all orchestral instruments. Born 9th sep 1898 in Lille (France) died 8th dec 1998 in Sarasota FL
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| Name | Dufresne, Gaston |
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| Date of birth | 1898 |
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| Date of death | 1998 |
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