Gustav Heim Explained

Gustav Friedrick Heim (8 May 1879  - 30 October 1933) was a trumpet and cornet player.[1]

Biography

Heim was born in Schleusingen, Thuringia, Germany where he studying music from his father from a young age and moved to St Louis, United States in 1904. He was principal trumpet for the Philadelphia Orchestra for the 1905 - 06 season and then moved to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He left that position after a strike in 1920 and played with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Society, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gustav F. Heim. 10 February 2013. Library of Congress.
  2. Web site: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Principal Musicians. 10 February 2013. stokowski.org.