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A series of articles featuring quotations from famous masters of the French horn.

Hornmasters: Cousins on Mouthpieces

Farquharson Cousins in On Playing the Horn opens his discussion of mouthpieces with this most interesting statement. A box of mouthpieces is a fascinating possession...

Hornmasters: Berv on Mouthpieces

Famed New York freelancer Harry Berv was clearly an experienced teacher, and has a number of thoughts on mouthpieces in A Creative Approach to...

Hornmasters: Yancich on Mouthpieces

In A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing Milan Yancich notes with regard to mouthpieces that Special care should be taken in the selection of...

Hornmasters: Schuller on Mouthpieces

Gunther Schuller was certainly aware of The Art of French Horn Playing, and also chose to start his 1962 publication Horn Technique with the...

Hornmasters: Farkas on Mouthpieces

Philip Farkas chose to begin The Art of French Horn Playing with a discussion of mouthpieces and horns. As this was his starting point,...

Hornmasters: Berv on Building Endurance

Following up on the post from yesterday, I really do find the “response” of Harry Berv to The Art of French Horn Playing interesting....

Hornmasters: Harry Berv on Fingerings

One name not too familiar today in horn circles in that of Harry Berv. He wrote a very interesting horn method, published in 1977,...
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