Armsheimer, Johann Josef
(1860–1933)
Armsheimer (Armsgeimer), Johann Josef (Ivan Ivanovich) (3–7/19–1860, Dresden; ?–7–1933, L.). Trumpeter, military cond., pedagogue, and comp. Grad. 1879 from the P. Cons., where he was a pupil of V. Vurm (tpt). Also studied with N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1881–84) and Iogansen. Was a soloist of the Mikhailovskiy Theater orch. (1883–1904) and taught tpt and orchestration at the Court Chapel (1904–21). The ambiguous date of his death and the dearth of post-revolutionary biographical data suggest that he…