This Day in History: 1943-12-13
Guillaume Balay, French cornetist, winner in 1894 cornet competition at the Paris Conservatory, played alto horn in the Music Corps at the Chateauneuf-du-Faou (1883), cornet with the 19th Infantry Regiment, director of the 119th Infantry Regiment in Courbevois (1894), head of music at the Garde Républicaine (1911-1927), composed numerous solos and etudes for cornet as well as a method book (1914), died on this day.
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