David Buhl

David Buhl was a French composer, conductor and trumpeter born in Amiens in 1781 and died in Versailles in April 1860. Buhl was soloist in the Musique De La Garde Républicaine of Paris and later of the Musique De La Garde Des Consuls. He wrote all the army commanders and brass bands (1803-1829), which are still used today in the French cavalry. He was music teacher in Versailles. After 1814, he became chapel master of the bodyguard corps of Louis XVIII of France, and received the Order of the Legion of Honor. It was the first trumpet in the orchestra of the Opera Garnier and the orchestra of the Italian Theater. Apart from various marches and sonneries, he wrote several pieces for harmony orchestra.