Arnold Jacobs

Arnold Jacobs

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About Arnold Jacobs

Arnold Jacobs (June 11, 1915 - October 7, 1998) was an American orchestral tuba player who was most known as the principal tubist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1944 until his retirement in 1988. Jacobs was considered one of the foremost brass pedagogues of his time and was considered an expert on breathing as it related to brasswind, woodwind, and vocal performance. Due to childhood illness and adult onset asthma, his lung capacity was significantly impaired.

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Buxtehude - Fanfare

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We are enormously complex

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3

The musician plays the instrument

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4

Programming the brain

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5

Berlioz - Dies Irae from Symphonie Fantastique

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6

Playing for the audience

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7

Breath as a motor force

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8

Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at the Exhibition - The Great Gate of Kiev (excerpt)

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Become a singer in your brain

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Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Bass Tuba 1st Mvt

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