Cyrille Rose

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Cyrille Rose, whose full name was Chrysogone Cyrille Rose, was a French clarinetist born on February 13, 1830 in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, and who died in 1902 in Meaux. He served as the Paris Opera’s principal clarinetist and became a renowned teacher and composer of clarinet pedagogy, with many of his methods and materials still used today. Rose studied under Hyacinthe Klosé at the Paris Conservatoire and won the First Prize in the Conservatoire’s annual concours in 1847. He taught several famous clarinetists, including Louis Cahuzac, Paul Jeanjean, Manuel Gomez, Henri Lefèbvre, and the Selmer family. Through his teaching and writings, Rose helped shape modern clarinet playing in France and beyond.