SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Philip Farkas’
See the complete archive.Who is this Philip Farkas you Speak of?
PUBLISHED: January 17, 2007, John Ericson
The topic of Philip Farkas came up recently and I realized that among horn students today his name is not as well known as I would have thought. As a high school student I purchased my first horn, a Holton 177 (Farkas Model), I played on a Holton Farkas mouthpiece into college (I still have [...]
Quote of the Week–Farkas on Stagefright
PUBLISHED: December 3, 2006, John Ericson
The following is from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog, dated 12/6/05 In the world of horn there have been few that made as much impact as Philip Farkas (1914-1992). His now classic publication The Art of French Horn Playing in particular has to be the most widely owned book on horn playing. This was [...]
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