Horn Players, Teachers, Makers

Talking with colleagues recently, a topic that came up was how some great players of the recent past are unjustly neglected today. In terms...

Last night I had a very pleasant surprise in my inbox. Blog reader Jay Anderson had seen my previous post on Maxime-Alphonse and got...

Working on notes for this CD project I realized that the dates given in IMSLP for B. Ed. Müller can’t possibly be correct. Their...

A few years ago I posted an article on the topic of “Who is this Philip Farkas you Speak of?” Along similar lines, perhaps...

Probably every month during the school year I receive notes from horn students trying to research horn players of the past who are trying...

In recent correspondence I was pointed toward a great online resource on Aubrey Brain, father of the virtuoso hornist Dennis Brain. It is by...

A massive new biography of the great British horn virtuoso Dennis Brain was just published this month by UNT press, Dennis Brain: A Life...

A recent link on Facebook pointed me to a great article, “A Little Leitgeb Research” by Michael Lorenz. One thing I have been very...

Darin Sorley and I go way back to junior high school and I have embedded a few newspaper clippings in this article from that...

I have to confess something. I have mixed feelings about Dale Clevenger and his legacy. When I say this, please realize that this opinion comes...

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