Archie Camden

Archie Camden ( born March 9, 1888 in Newark-on -Trent, † 16 February 1979 in Wheathampstead ) was a British bassoonist and pedagogue.

Life

Camden studied in Manchester. His career began in 1906 when he joined the Hallé Orchestra, in which he first bassoonist in 1914. In 1933 he joined the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, where he remained until 1946 until he took up a job in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the same position. Camden was one of the first bassoonist, who began to experiment with sound recordings. His recording of Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B flat major ( K. 191 ) is still popular today.

From 1914 to 1933 he was professor of bassoon at the Royal Manchester College of Music, now the Royal Northern College of Music. Later he taught at the Royal College of Music in London. Among his pupils was William Waterhouse.

1962 Camden published his book Bassoon Technique ( German: " bassoon " technique ).

In 1969, the British Order of Merit Order of the British Empire, he was awarded.

Works (selection)

• Bassoon Technique. OUP, London, 1975, ISBN 0-19-318606-3 ( Nachdr d ed London 1962).

• Bassoonist
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Born in 1888
• Died in 1979
• Man