The Lorenzo Sansone Fan Page
A hornist who was much better known 50 years ago than today is Lorenzo Sansone. I saw on the IHS Facebook page that a...
Aubrey Brain (1893-1955), Master of his Instrument
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 closer look at Harry Berv
Working on the articles that became the “Hornmasters” series in Horn Matters, one name and method that had been unfamiliar to me was that...
Maxime Alphonse, International Man of Mystery
Probably every month during the school year I receive notes from horn students trying to research horn players of the past who are trying...
Who is this Philip Farkas you Speak of?
The topic of Philip Farkas came up recently and I realized that among horn students today his name is not as well known as...
Joseph Eger, Around the Horn
An excerpt from Joseph Eger's Around the Horn.
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The November 24, 1957 issue of the New York Times called Joseph Eger “one of
the...
Interview: Jazz Hornist Mark Taylor and Notes on Embouchure Dystonia
Last weekend I noted that in Episode 120 of The Mellocast the topic of Focal Dystonia came up with jazz hornist Mark Taylor. There...
Who is this James Chambers you Speak Of?
A few years ago I posted an article on the topic of “Who is this Philip Farkas you Speak of?” Along similar lines, perhaps...
Xavier Reiter and Alphonse Pelletier visit the King Factory in the...
Tucked in an old copy of the Oscar Franz Method that I was given years ago was a full page advertisement for King horns....
New Information on Maxime-Alphonse
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...