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Joseph Eger, Around the Horn

An excerpt from Joseph Eger's Around the Horn.  * * * The November 24, 1957 issue of the New York Times called Joseph Eger “one of the...

From the Who’s Who Survey: 14 New Comparison Charts in a...

Crunching the numbers from the report Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups in the Online (French) Horn Community, another layer of the onion is...

Survey Results: Who’s Who in Your Horn Universe?

When announcing the survey "Who's Who in Your Horn Universe?" I made a pretty grandiose statement. Spheres of influence are no longer relegated to principal...

Spheres of Influence and a Survey: Have you Heard of this...

Within the realm of Hollywood and famous movie actors, fame and influence boil down to a popularity contest of who is the "hottest" or most...

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...

Dennis Brain in Chicago, November 25-26, 1950; Some Notes from Dennis...

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

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...

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...

Joseph Meifred and the Roots of Teaching Valved Horn Technique

One thing that has probably come through in Horn Matters is that an interest of mine is the history of how the horn has...

Karl Stiegler, Vienna Horns, and a Viennese Bass Horn–Memories of Horn...

One of the things my name has become associated with over the years is scholarship into the horn in the nineteenth century. Even in...