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Besson is a manufacturer of brass musical instruments. It is owned by Buffet Crampon, which bought Besson in 2006 from The Music Group.
The company was formed in 1837 by Gustave Auguste Besson, who at the age of 18 produced a revolutionary design of cornet which surpassed all contemporary models. His products quickly gained a great reputation throughout Europe. In 1857, he moved to England where he built a large factory in London from which his instruments took a share of the English market and from where he exported to many countries including the USA.
The modern company produces a range of cornets, tenor horns, euphoniums, tubas, French horns and baritone horns. In its history, Besson also produced a number of other brass instruments, including a huge 'triple' B♭ tuba.
Besson may refer to:
- Besson (company), a manufacturer of brass instruments
- Besson, Allier, a commune of the Allier département in France
- Besson (aircraft), a French aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s/1930s (particularly float planes)
- Besson (surname)
- Zec de la Bessonne, a controlled harvesting zone (zec) in Quebec, in Canada
Besson is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Besson, French physician
- Antoine-Marie-Benoît Besson, French army general during world war two
- Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director
- Colette Besson, French athlete
- Éric Besson, French minister
- Frank S. Besson, Jr., U.S. Army general
- Gustave Auguste Besson (1820-1874), brass instrument maker
- Hyacinthe Besson (1816–1861), a French painter and missionary priest
- Jacques Besson (1540? - 1573), French inventor
- Louis Besson, French minister
- Luc Besson, film director
- Philippe Besson, French writer