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Notes from a Trombone Class

PUBLISHED: April 14, 2011, John Ericson

As a horn teacher I find master classes of other brass instruments to be particularly interesting. Each brass instrument has differences and similarities both in relationship to technical specifics and more general areas of player culture. These were both evident in a master class I was able to attend yesterday with the great trombone soloist [...]

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A Horn Right Hand Position Survey

PUBLISHED: December 16, 2010, John Ericson

A great new resource has been posted in The IHS Online, “Two Surveys of European Horn Playing Styles.” What you will find there are two different surveys of major European horn players, the first done in 1964-65 by Pete Exline and the second done this past year by Dan Phillips. Both include photos and recordings [...]

The Wikipedia List of Horn Players

PUBLISHED: December 7, 2010, John Ericson

The Wikipedia can be a handy general resource, and among the things you can find there is a list of all the horn players that have articles posted about them in the Wikipedia. It is an interesting list that includes some true giants of our field past and present with some real curiosities thrown in. [...]

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Nationalism and the traditional French style, II

PUBLISHED: July 28, 2010, Bruce Hembd

Continued from Part I In most textbooks I encounter, Nationalism – as a movement in Western music history -  has a beginning and an end. It is a period spanning roughly from the late 19th-century to the mid 20th-century. For about 100 years or so, a number of great composers — even the ultra-conservative Johannes [...]

Nationalism and the traditional French style, I

PUBLISHED: July 26, 2010, Bruce Hembd
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Lucien Thévet (1914 – 2007) was one of the last practitioners of a unique style of horn playing and recently, some samples of his playing have surfaced on YouTube. The video, which is audio-only taken from a scratchy Decca Records disc, exemplifies a style of playing that dated roughly from the late-19th century to the [...]

Video, 1959, Featuring the BSO Horn Section

PUBLISHED: March 4, 2010, John Ericson

A friend sent a link to a YouTube video featuring the horn section of the BSO in 1959. According to the information there, Sir John Barbirolli conducts An Elizabethan Suite “The King’s Hunt.” From: VAI DVD 4304 Boston Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts: Sir John Barbirolli. The only extant video of Sir Johns work with the [...]

Random Monday: Smokin’ Graas, Character Study and College Standards

PUBLISHED: January 4, 2010, Bruce Hembd

John Graas biography Thanks to Valerie Wells – here is more information about hornist John Graas. A very active musician in the 1940-1950′s, Graas carved his own path in the music business, primarily in jazz and commercial music.After reading his biography, I thought, ‘what a great example of a creative, entrepreneurial musician taking charge of [...]

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