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On the single F horn, part VIII: My new CD Rescued!,...

Back in 2015 I started posting articles (starting here) that lead up to this one-- the new CD is done! With special thanks to...

Copyright week, part IV: So where can you legally obtain horn...

Perhaps cramping your creative enterprise as a horn player is the fact that some music is not actually in the public domain and likely...

PDF Horn Duets from the Henri Kling Horn-Schule

Henri Kling (1842-1918) spent most of his career in Geneva, where he was professor of horn and solfège at the Geneva Conservatory from 1865...

PDF Duets and Etudes from the Otto Langey Tutor for French...

One of my strong interests is the history of horn pedagogy, and over the years I have accumulated quite a number of interesting horn...

Significant work: Schubert, Nachtgesang im Walde

Auf dem Strom (1828) is the best known work of Schubert for horn and voice, but it was preceded in 1827 by a very...

Pele, a recent work for horn and wind ensemble by Brian...

This coming Sunday afternoon I will be performing at Arizona State University a very attractive, recent work for horn and wind ensemble, Pele by...

On the Reicha Horn Trios, and an Epic Recording

Among the works out there for three horns, certainly the 24 horn trios Op. 82 by Anton Reicha (1770-1836) stand above the rest. Reicha...

Cor Carols!

Back in 1981 a recording was released, Music for Christmas, featuring the Eastman French Horn Choir and the Eastman Trombone Choir. The first track...

A new edition of Morceau de Concert: An interview with Travis...

One item that caught my eye at the horn symposium in Denton was a new critical performing edition of the Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert,...

The spectacle of the horn in Baroque works

This originally was posted as part of a review of Day two of the 2012 International Horn Symposium in Denton, TX. This concert was...