November 23, 2009 by Bruce Hembd

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Random Monday: Pride, Nostalgia and Terrorism


  • Horn pride
    This is one very proud horn player.
  • An old story
    Horndog once heard a story long ago of New York Philharmonic hornist Bruno Jaenicke bombing on a performance of the Strauss 1st concerto and trashing his horn backstage. One wonders if this was the public story behind the true story.
  • Playing for a living
    Great advice from Phil Collins:

    A successful musician, no matter what the venue, is one who learns to enjoy working musically on a daily basis. Without the fun, it is only a job. Play for a living.

  • Musician terrorists
    Horndog is not sure what the intent of this article is, but see for yourself:

    …they tend to think the poor hornist is less a terrorist than a victim of something worse than terrorism- the horn itself. The 2nd most effective terrorist I ever worked with was a horn player.

    John will have more to say on this article in his own upcoming post later this week.

  • Great composer, trombonist terrorist?
    Composer Sir Edward Elgar liked to play the trombone, but apparently terrorized people with it.

    I went out of the room as quickly as I could and sat on the stairs, clinging to the banisters ’til the pain eased but it was no good. I couldn’t stop there as he went on making comic noises, so I went downstairs out of earshot for a bit.

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Random Monday: Pride, Nostalgia and Terrorism
Published on November 23, 2009 by Bruce Hembd

Archived under: Conductors, Playing in orchestra, Random   |   Composers, Legendary players, Vienna horn
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