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Check out The Historic Brass Society Journal

PUBLISHED: May 20, 2010, John Ericson

A few weeks ago I received the latest issue of The Historic Brass Society Journal in the mail. This is a journal and a society that I am sure a lot of Horn Matters readers are unfamiliar with. The issue for 2009 is Volume 21. Inside every issue you will find articles on the full [...]

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Backwards Horns and The Historic Brass Society Journal

PUBLISHED: August 6, 2008, John Ericson

As mentioned in a previous post, at the IHS Denver event I had the opportunity to meet Richard Martz, a horn collector. While I was visiting his collection (check it out online if you missed it) I was slightly embarrassed that he mentioned and then showed me a copy of an article that he had [...]

Friedrich Gumpert, Master Teacher of the Horn

PUBLISHED: June 10, 2008, John Ericson

Often hornists will look back on their “genealogy” in terms of who their teachers were, the teachers of their teachers, etc. A number of my teachers were Farkas students and I took several lessons with Farkas directly, so this would be a major influence if I had to choose, but I also was certainly influenced [...]

“French” My Horn Please!

PUBLISHED: December 30, 2007, Bruce Hembd

On semantics and political correctness. The French Horn (or “Horn”) is an instrument used in Western classical music settings, and these days is also featured prominently in many film and television productions – especially in the action/sci-fi genre. Film composers like Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams are known for their elaborate orchestral film scores where [...]

New Resource on Gumpert

PUBLISHED: December 16, 2006, John Ericson

In 1999 I presented in Paris a session titled “Friedrich Gumpert (1841-1906) and the Performing Technique of the Valved Horn in Late-Nineteenth-Century Germany.” This presentation on one of the most important horn teachers of that century, with many footnotes, is now available in Brass Scholarship in Review: Proceedings of the Historic Brass Society Conference at [...]

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on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.