Joseph Meifred

Joseph Meifred (1791–1867) was a hornist, a pedagogue, and a horn designer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Louis-François Dauprat and won the first prize in horn performance in 1818. He later became a professor at the conservatory and taught until his retirement in 1864.

Pierre-Joseph-Émile Meifred

He obtained his technical background by graduating from the Arts et Métiers ParisTech engineering school.

One of his most enduring works is the Method for the chromatic horn, or horn with pistons (1840).

References

• Ericson, John. "Joseph Meifred and the early valved horn in france." 1992. (Dissertation excerpt)
• Snedeker, Jeffrey. "The Early Valved Horn and Its Proponents in Paris 1826-1840," The Horn Call Annual 6 (1994): pp. 6-17.
• Snedeker, Jeffrey. "Joseph Meifred's Méthode pour le Cor Chromatique ou à Pistons (1840)," Historic Brass Society Journal 4 (1992): pp. 87-105.
• Snedeker, Jeffrey. “Hand and Valve: Joseph Émile Meifred’s Méthode pour le cor chromatique ou à pistons and early valved horn performance and pedagogy in nineteenth century France.” Jagd- und Waldhörner: Geschichte und musikalische Nutzung. Augsburg, Germany: Michaelstein, 2006.
• Snedeker, Jeffrey. "Fétis and the 'Meifred' Horn," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society (Fall 1997).