Most Influential Orchestral Player?

[david johnson]

J. B. Arban surely influenced many of us, even though he dabbled much in Cornet.

[jimspeedjae]

+ for Maurice Murphy.

Not just in the UK, but in the realm of film music, where his sound influenced composers and reached a very wide audience. More knew his name than most trumpeters and his Bond work, in particular, ensured an obituary in many national papers.

And an honourable mention to John Wallace, who whilst not convincing most of us to use a 4-valve Eb, did influence the choice of wedding music for a generation (following the Charles and Di thing) and kept more than a few trumpet players (me included) busy on most Saturdays for many a year
afterwards.

Both incredibly well-respected players, introducing many an audience to the great sound a trumpet can make and inspiring a lot of youngsters to pick up the trumpet.

[rynoe04]

Ghitalla I feel should be at least in the discussion here.
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[Danbassin]

[Ex-Trumpet]

[JWG]

[nltrumpet]

I'm no expert in his teaching philosophy, and he's a bit of an outlier compared to the others mentioned here for obvious reasons. However, Malcolm McNab is responsible for leading a lot of the orchestra soundtracks that came out of Hollywood.

[PMonteiro]

[hup_d_dup]

You would have to consider Georges Mager, who instructed Herseth, Voisin, and Adelstein, each of whom influenced countless others. Mager, during his long career in Europe and the US (principal at Boston for 30 years) was the player who was most influential in the shift from Bb to C trumpets in American orchestras.

Hup

[Tpt_Guy]

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[bike&ed]

So Harry James had a massive influence on the role of an orchestral principal trumpet player?

[Tpt_Guy]

[bike&ed]

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[Didymus]

For folks like me who did (do) more listening than playing over the last three decades, Herseth/McNab/Murphy can claim to be the most influential trio of orchestral trumpeters. No offense intended towards influential pedagogues, orchestral trumpeters of earlier generations, virtuoso soloists, notable studio musicians, or awesome crossover players. For many people in my generation, the trumpet in the context of an orchestra was often heard on movie soundtracks. That might give Maurice Murphy an edge over Herseth in terms how much the two influenced the average listener.

I don't own many Chicago Symphony recordings, but I have nearly everything recorded by Montreal when Charles Dutoit was their music director and I heard them live during that time. In my head, I can "hear" James Thompson and Paul Merkelo louder and clearer than Bud Herseth. But when I hear recordings of Herseth, I wish I could have heard him live. I have lived in Minneapolis for a quarter century, and I heard Manny Laureano live several times; he is incredible. Personally, Thompson is the first sound I hear in my head when I think of some of the standard orchestral repertoire.
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[bike&ed]

No need to quibble, other than to simply check the thread title again. Gotta agree with Didymus. From the recording influence perspective, McNab might even be the arguable “winner.”

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[trumpet56]

The trumpet players who helped form the American Orchestral Style were Klopfel and Heim who were both German and instigated a change from the use of the Cornet which was popular in Orchestras at that time, to the Trumpet.