[TPIN] Andre and Arban

[Ole J. Utnes]

Good question - "Who really mastered all in Arban?"

Here is a story about Maurice Andre:

At 18, Maurice left the mine and entered the Paris Conservatory in the
class of Professor Raymond Sabarich (1909-1966).
On photos from that time one can see Maurice in the trumpet class in a
military uniform.
It was not an easy time in Paris without any money, a son of a miner.
He always ate at the barracks, and studied in the barracks too.
Raymond Sabarich soon discovered that this young miner was a great
talent and he gave Maurice a "lesson" that he recall in this way in an
interview:

    3 months after my arrival in Paris, a good lad from the south and
all that, Sabarich gave me a real piece of his mind. He had felt
straight away that I was gifted, as is said, and so he loaded me with
work… and I didn't deliver the goods as he wished. After 3 months he
threw abuse at me and chucked me out of the class. Before his death -
poor man  -  Sabarich always said: "lt's when Maurice André woke up.''
 How a good scolding does one good occasionally !

After 3 months with a lot of practice, Maurice returned and played all
the 14 etudes from Arban (in the back of the book) without making any
mistakes.

Ole