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Reinhardt Compared to Farkas

One of the things I have found very interesting in this series is trying to set the context for why Philip Farkas wrote what...

Reinhardt on the Eight Tongue Types

Working on my session that I will present next week at the Mid-South Horn Workshop I saw a reference to a discussion of tongue...

Hornmasters: Berv on Horns

For Harry Berv in A Creative Approach to the French Horn the double horn was the horn of choice for students at all levels. In...

Bobby Corno plays Beethoven 5

Hearing Beethoven 5 yesterday I was reminded of the classic bit by Peter Schickele, “New Horizons in Music Appreciation.” It presents the first movement...

Video, 1959, Featuring the BSO Horn Section

A friend sent a link to a YouTube video featuring the horn section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1959. According to the information...

Hornmasters: Schuller on Horns

On instruments for beginners Gunther Schuller in Horn Technique keeps his advice simple, not taking a stand for any particular type of horn, noting...

The Big Three Horn Concertos, according to Verne Reynolds

One discussion horn teachers have over and over with students is that of trying to select works for recitals. Years ago in a lesson...

Hornmasters: Farkas on Horns

For the next topic in the Hornmasters series we turn to horns and begin again with Philip Farkas. For the average reader today, this...

Vienna Horns Jurassic Park

Fans of the Vienna Horn should love this new video. I do! The topic is the Vienna Horn on Mellocast episode 105. For more check...

Numbered Drills and Horn Mouthpiece Bores

One question that came in today is one asked fairly often, about the numbers on horn mouthpieces. As in, what is 12, 8, etc. Basically...