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French horn park sculpture
Found on flickr – “French Horns, Unwound and Entwined”
Horns as Stage Props, III (The Blue French Horn)
On the American television romantic comedy How I Met Your Mother, a horn has been a regular prop for many seasons. The infamous ‘blue French horn’ (which is actually an old classic mellophone painted bright blue) has had a regular place in the background, resting on a mantel with other knick-knacks. Beyond being a background [...]
Quote from Winston Churchill
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. In just about any relationship there is give and take and this quote from Winston Churchill is a good reminder of that. While our work may bring home the bacon, it is the bigger picture – the shared human [...]
Horns as Stage Props, II (Sgt. Pepper)
Recently I purchased an interesting photograph on eBay of a famous musician playing the French horn – John Lennon of Beatles fame. According to the description, this photograph was taken at the Abbey Road studios around the time that the Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club album was being produced. This was the main reason this [...]
Horns as Stage Props, I (Wizzard)
Last week a video came across the radar of English rock musician Roy Wood and his band Wizzard. I must admit that while I had never directly heard of Roy Wood, I tangentially knew of his work through his early years in the Electric Light Orchestra. As an example of musical entrepreneurship, Wood sets a [...]
Random Monday: An old joke and critical obsessions
English horn transposition charts? Another example of bad information on the web. You gotta watch yourself out there. New horn blog Be sure to check out James Boldin’s new blog. Hand in my bottom An old joke. Not sure what Bill Klingelhoffer has to do with this joke though. I took a lesson with him [...]
World Cup Horn: The Vuvuzela
Now that the FIFA World Cup is in full gear, the vuvuzela – pronounced voo-voo-ZAY-lah – is fair game for a Horn Matters article. This horn is basically a noise-maker that enthusiastic fans toot in the hundreds, if not thousands during games. Like the typical Western brass instrument, it requires the player to buzz their [...]
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