Slama, Antonín

Antonín Slama (1803-1881) studied trumpet and trombone and double bass at Prague Conservatoire, alongside double bass with Václav Hause, and played with Prague Opera before becoming a member of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra. From 1839 he became the first Professor of Double Bass at the Vienna Conservatoire and composed a Method for double bass alongside 66 Etudes in all major and minor keys for trombone, also playable on double bass or bassoon.