Simone Mantia

[2] Mantia is remembered by his students as "very kind, very modest, and very unassuming" as well as just generally having been a "nice guy" who rarely allowed any frustration or anger to enter into his demeanor.As a trombonist, he later took jobs with other nationally ranked ensembles including New York's Metropolitan Opera, which he joined in 1908 and remained involved with for 37 years,[3] the last dozen as its manager.His solos include "The Southerner", "Priscilla", "Fantaisie Original", "Auld Lang Syne" and the oft-parodied by Looney Tunes "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms".[2] Simone Mantia began his playing career in Sicily, in a land dominated by the continental baritone horn instrument and style.[2] Playing on an American baritone, and mixing the warmth and power of the sounds of his homeland with the clarity and lack of excess that he favored, Mantia was truly unique.While with the Sousa and Pryor bands, Mantia had favored a double-bell euphonium, the lesser bell of which being on a much more cylindrical extension of the bore, produced a more baritone-like, or even trombone-like timbre.Mantia's role in popularizing the instrument as a virtuoso, followed by Leonard Falcone, Arthur W. Lehman, Brian Bowman, Toru Miura (Musician), Steven Mead, and others is considered significant.
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