SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Excerpts’
See the complete archive.Review: HornExcerpts.org
PUBLISHED: August 12, 2008, Bruce Hembd
A review of hornexcerpts.org. A number of visitors either find this blog by Googling for “horn excerpts” or when here, look for excerpts using the search engine at top. I am not sure why this is; while I do have a few posts on excerpts (and plan to do more), there isn’t much here yet [...]
Exercise for Till Eulenspiegel: Till the Cows Come Home
PUBLISHED: June 10, 2008, Bruce Hembd
An exercise for Till Eulenspiegel > Download Till Exercise PDF On practically every “high horn” audition – and even on some low horn auditions – the opening solo from Richard Strauss’ tone poem Till Eulenspiegel will be asked. For any aspiring orchestral player, this excerpt must be known backwards and forwards. Taking this literally, I [...]
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