Josef Kail composer
date of birth: 11.03.1795
(1795-1871)
Josef Kail and the first solo compositions ever written for valved trumpet
A. Kail's biography
The earliest solo compositions for valved trumpet are due to Josef Kail (1795-1871),
mentioned above in connection with the invention of both the Vienna valve and the rotary
valve, but about whom little was known until the recent researches of Bohuslav 6iek.
Kail, who was born on March 11, 1795 in Boil Dar (Gottesgab), Bohemia, enrolled
as a horn student in the Prague Conservatory in 1811, the year of its opening, graduating
in 1817. He must have remained in Prague after graduation, because on 27 February 1818
he performed an
Adagio and Rondo fur Walelhorn
by the Parisian composer Andre-Frederic
Eler (1764-1821) in a Conservatory concert.
Josef Kail and the first solo compositions ever written for valved trumpet
A. Kail's biography
The earliest solo compositions for valved trumpet are due to Josef Kail (1795-1871),
mentioned above in connection with the invention of both the Vienna valve and the rotary
valve, but about whom little was known until the recent researches of Bohuslav 6iek.
Kail, who was born on March 11, 1795 in Boil Dar (Gottesgab), Bohemia, enrolled
as a horn student in the Prague Conservatory in 1811, the year of its opening, graduating
in 1817. He must have remained in Prague after graduation, because on 27 February 1818
he performed an
Adagio and Rondo fur Walelhorn
by the Parisian composer Andre-Frederic
Eler (1764-1821) in a Conservatory concert.
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Variationen für Trompete in B oder F (1826) Josef Kail / Arr. Edward Tarr
The present Variations for the Trumpet in F are the first composition in history for a solo trumpet with valves. With this edition, publisher and editor wish to call attention to its composer, a longforgotten pioneer: Josef Kail (1795-1871), the first professor of valved trumpet at the Prague Conservatory. Since he accepted this position in 1826 and comparable positions were no ...
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