Download or read book Horn Teaching at the Paris Conservatoire 1792 to 1903 written by Jeffrey L. Snedeker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from the valveless natural horn to the modern valved horn in 19th-century Paris was different from similar transitions in other countries. While valve technology was received happily by players of other members of the brass family, strong support for the natural horn, with its varied color palette and virtuoso performance traditions, slowed the reception and application of the valve to the horn. Using primary sources including Conservatoire method books, accounts of performances and technological advances, and other evidence, this book tells the story of the transition from natural horn to valved horn at the Conservatoire, from 1792 to 1903, including close examination of horn teaching before the arrival of valved brass in Paris, the initial reception and application of this technology to the horn, the persistence of the natural horn, and the progression of acceptance, use, controversies, and eventual adoption of the valved instrument in the Parisian community and at the Conservatoire. Active scholars, performers, and students interested in the horn, 19th-century brass instruments, teaching methods associated with the Conservatoire, and the intersection of technology and performing practice will find this book useful in its details and conclusions, including ramifications on historically-informed performance today.
Download or read book Applying Natural Horn Technique to Modern Valved Horn Performance Practice written by Heidi Wick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this study is to recognize and explore the use of natural horn techniques in modern horn playing. Music composed for the horn by the great Classicists, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, contains subtleties for the valveless instrument that can sometimes be accomplished with the valved horn. Natural horn techniques applied to the modern valved horn can also be used in literature intended for the valved instrument. Of the compositions originally written for valved horn, I consider two categories: pieces in which the composer 1) directs the performer to use a natural horn technique, and 2) does notdirect such a technique but where the use of the technique can enhance the effect intended by the composer. This document examines the use of techniques specific to the natural horn applied to modern valved horn performance in selected repertoire from the 18th through 20th centuries. Natural horn techniques explored in this document include right hand movements, embouchure flexibility and facility, ornamentation fluidity, oral cavity adjustments, and air stream usage. Also explored are the effects associated with natural horn technique: natural harmonic intonation and varied timbres. This work is founded in my studies of the natural horn and the valved horn. These studies have been four-fold: 1) through listening to excellent natural horn artists, 2) by reading and using the tutors of the great natural horn teachers, 3) through private lessons and masterclasses on natural horn with Richard Serpahinoff at Indiana University and on valved horn with Charles Waddell at The Ohio State University, 4) by performing great literature on each horn. This document also includes a performance practice survey of professional horn players from the United States and Europe who have developed natural horn techniques. Developing advanced technique on each instrument can enliven the performers interpretation. An increased awareness of timbre and harmonic structure as related to crooks/keys and a heightened knowledge of the harmonic series and its pitch tendencies result when interconnecting these instruments. By developing extended techniques through direct experience with the natural horn and its literature, horn players can come to know not only an increased technical facility but also the historical context of their instrument. It is my hope that we, as modern valved horn players, continue to develop the versatility of our instrument. Many of the expressions presented in this document encourage the lyrical and vocal styles in our playing that were so admired in the artistry of the greatest 18th and 19th-century horn virtuosi.
Download or read book Playing Natural Horn Today written by John Ericson and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, modern method for the natural horn, developed with the needs of horn players in mind. This updated second edition is focused toward introducing the natural horn effectively for players who already play the valved horn and wish to learn the older instrument. Topics covered include equipment choices, hand positions, and much more, presented in a practical manner. Short exercises and etudes are included to build technique, making this an ideal resource for learning to play the natural horn.
Download or read book Innovations in Horn Construction and Their Influence on Technique written by Lawson J. Hager and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mastery of the French Horn written by Michael Höltzel and published by Schott Music. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The well-known standard for all questions concerning the technique and playing of the horn - now in English translation. The work is relevant to professionals as well as students. Apart from issues of daily practice and playing, it also deals with topics that haven't been covered within horn literature until recently: playing the high F-horn or the Wagner-tuba, the arrangement of the cadenza in the solo concertos (including cadenzas of all established concertos), personal management as a performer, and other subjects. The German edition has received the German award "Best Edition" 2000.
Download or read book The Art of French Horn Playing written by Philip Farkas and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-10-19 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First to be published in the series was The Art of French Horn Playing by Philip Farkas, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University. In 1956, when Summy-Birchard published Farkas's book, he was a solo horn player for the Chicago Symphony and had held similar positions with other orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Kansas City Conservatory, DePaul University, Northwestern University, and Roosevelt University in Chicago. The Art of French Horn Playing set the pattern, and other books in the series soon followed, offering help to students in learning to master their instruments and achieve their goals.
Download or read book Modern Horn Playing in Beethoven written by Matthew John Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. Abstract The historically informed movement has made it increasingly apparent that orchestras can no longer interpret Beethoven, Mahler, Mozart, and Bach in exactly the same manner. It is now incumbent upon each member of the orchestra, as well as the conductor, to be aware of historic performance traditions in order to color the music with appropriate gestures. It is therefore important for horn players to explore the hand horn traditions of the baroque, classical, and early romantic periods in an effort to perform the correct inflections in a way that the composer might have expected the music to sound. As an example, in the second movement of the Beethoven’s third symphony, beginning in the second half of the eighteenth measure from the end of the movement and going into the next measure, the second horn goes from a concert middle C down a half step to a B natural. Original practice would cause the B natural to be 3⁄4 covered which would have caused tension in the sound. Modern horns can just depress second valve to play the note giving a completely different color. The intention of this document is to inform current and future generations of hornists techniques to not only re-create sounds of the period on modern instruments, but also to create new pathways to learning repertoire through deconstructing the orchestral passages, creating new ways towards a complete understanding of the literature. It would be impractical for a horn player to try to play a natural horn in a modern orchestra due to the fact that the materials used in a natural horn tend to be much lighter than modern instruments, and therefore do not project as well. An examination of audition lists of the major orchestras in the United States reveals that excerpts of Beethoven’s works are frequently listed for major orchestral auditions and are also some of the first orchestral excerpts a young player learns. A study of his works is the best place to begin.
Download or read book Complete method for the French horn written by Oscar Franz and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Artistic Merits of Incorporating Natural Horn Techniques Into Valve Horn Performance written by Adam Greaves and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dissertation addresses the significance of how a command of the natural horn can aid performance on its modern, valve counterpart. Building on research already conducted on the topic, the practice-led project assesses the artistic merits of utilising natural horn techniques in performances on the valve horn. The exegesis analyses aesthetic decisions made in the recitals - here disposed as two CD recordings - and assesses the necessity or otherwise of valve horn players developing a command of the natural horn. The first recital comprises a comparison of performances by the candidate of Brahms' Horn Trio, Op.40 (1865) on the natural and valve horns. The exegesis evaluates the two performances from an aesthetic and technical standpoint. The second recital, while predominantly performed on the valve horn, contains compositions that have been written with elements of natural horn technique taken into consideration. It also contains two pieces commissioned for this project, one by a student composer and the other by a professional horn player. These two commissions are offered as case studies in the incorporation of natural horn techniques into compositional praxis. As such the effectiveness of utilising natural horn techniques in valve horn performance can be assessed.
Download or read book Extended Techniques for the Horn written by Douglas Hill and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growing interest in hand horn (natural horn) and jazz horn, Extended Techniques for the Horn by Douglas Hill is an important text in horn repertory. Virtually all the sound possibilities of the horn are included in this one book, with clearly and concisely organized descriptions, notation and comments to both performers and composers of horn music.
Download or read book Mastery of the French Horn written by Michael Höltzel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Brass). Mastery of the French Horn is for intermediate to advanced players, for improving technique and finding new levels of musical expression. Includes chapters, most with exercises or musical excerpts: Advanced Daily Technical Exercises; The Art of Practicing; The Way to an Individual Tone; Shaping the Music; Which Horn for Which Music?; The Horn and Horn Playing over the Centuries (a short manual of style); The Cadenza in the Solo Literature; Competitions, Juries, Auditions and Solo Performances; Horn Playing as a Profession; Literature about the Horn.
Download or read book The Horn written by Renato Meucci and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and fascinating account of one of music history's most ancient, varied, and distinctive instruments From its origins in animal horn instruments in classical antiquity to the emergence of the modern horn in the seventeenth century, the horn appears wherever and whenever humans have made music. Its haunting, timeless presence endures in jazz and film music, as well as orchestral settings, to this day. In this welcome addition to the Yale Musical Instrument Series, Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti trace the origins of the modern horn in all its variety. From its emergence in Turin and its development of political and diplomatic functions across European courts, to the revolutionary invention of valves, the horn has presented in innumerable guises and forms. Aided by musical examples and newly discovered sources, Meucci and Rocchetti's book offers a comprehensive account of an instrument whose history is as complex and fascinating as its music.
Download or read book The Early Horn written by John Humphries and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to eighteenth and nineteenth century performance practice on the horn.
Download or read book Horn Technique written by Jeffrey Agrell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horn (AKA the French horn) is a captivating concatenation of curving copper that is renowned for being perhaps the most beautiful of musical instruments in its shape and sound, but also the scariest and most unpredictable to play. This book (fifteen years in the making) is a new look at how this beautiful beast really works. Horn players are blessed for the quantity and quality of repertoire and pedagogical materials in their tradition, but cursed at the same time for letting that tradition mute curiosity about what is still missing and what should be part of horn study in this new millennium. Horn Technique is a detailed, thoughtful (and occasionally tongue-in-cheek) look at ways old and new to get from one note to another, plus many musical examples and exercises detailing the most efficient ways to teach the instrument to students at any level. It is a comprehensive resource for teachers, and a combination road map and gold mine of information for serious students. Above all, it encourages the reader/player to combine the book's approach with what they already do, and, fueled by curiosity and imagination, to use the book as a springboard to make new discoveries about the best ways to master this ancient and amazing instrument.
Download or read book Guide to the Solo Horn Repertoire written by Richard Seraphinoff and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, annotated resource of solo repertoire for the horn documents in detail the rich catalogue of original solo compositions for the instrument. Intended as a guide for practical use and easy reference, it is organized into three large sections: works for unaccompanied horn, works for horn and keyboard, and works for horn and ensemble. Each entry includes publisher information, a brief description of the form and character of a work, technical details of the horn writing, and information on dedication and premiere. The authors also include commentary on the various techniques required and the performance challenges of each piece. Representing over ten years of careful compilation and notation by an expert in horn performance and pedagogy, and by a seasoned music librarian and natural horn performer, Guide to the Solo Horn Repertoire will be an invaluable resource for performers, educators, and composers.
Download or read book The French Horn written by R. Morley-Pegge and published by London : E. Benn. This book was released on 1960 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collected Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Creativity and Horn Performance written by Douglas Hill and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Hill is professor of music and horn at the University of Wisconsin at Madison as well as a past President of the International Horn Society, and a respected teacher and clinician. The 27 chapters of Collected Thoughts cover topics ranging from getting started to preparing for college and professional auditions, and include other subjects such as composing and improvising. There are seven chapters on repertoire that include reviews of music and texts that are the most comprehensive of any horn (or other instrumental) text to date. The process of learning and teaching is extremely insightful for everyone, from the serious student to the most experienced instructor. This book is a must for anyone interested in the horn. It is invaluable!!
