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Gaston Dufresne (September 9, 1898 – December 6, 1998) was the principal bassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1927 to 1957[1] and with the Florida West Coast Symphony from 1963 to 1979.[1] He also taught solfège,[1] a singing technique used to teach pitch. Among his contrabass students were American composerLeroy Anderson and Boston Symphony principal trumpeterRoger Voisin. Dufresne taught solfège to Voisin and to Boston Symphony hornist .
Dufresne wrote , a book of progressive sight reading studies which has been transcribed for use by all orchestralinstruments.
Dufresne was born 9 September 1898 in Lille, France and died on 6 December 1998 in Sarasota, Florida.[1]
