In my opinion, the hardest chair in the orchestral section is the 2nd horn. Having played all chairs at one time or another, I found the 2nd part to be the...
One of my granddaughters is currently studying harp. Do you know of any original works that are written for horn and harp? What about transcriptions for these...
Edwin Glick
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Sep 2, 2007 3:43 pm
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Thanks. Ed ... One of my granddaughters is currently studying harp. Do you know of any original works that are written for horn and harp? What about...
Edwin Glick
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Sep 2, 2007 4:47 pm
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Check out Soren Hermansson's horn and harp soriee. It is a cd full of mostly orginal music. He also has another cd of music for him and erika. I haven't...
Robert Fant
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Sep 2, 2007 5:32 pm
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In 1992 my Lawsonized Holton 180 was stolen from my car. Besides a L101 Leadpipe, I had just had the valves redone. I found it 12 years later on...
Never a truer word spoken than that by Harvey Phillips: "high register, low register, cash register. Boy! all student had better heed this statement. I teach...
Criminals are the scum of the earth. I believe if one hits you with a feather - you hit it (and I do mean 'it') with a sleigh hammer. Years a ago when I was in...
Why are you so violent? many of us are living in a poor countries with high levels of violence and many criminals, and the "an eye for an eye" law doesn't...
"many of us are living in a poor countries with high levels of violence and many criminals, and the "an eye for an eye" law doesn't works." JFD Juan, I've been...
The comments on playing principal vs playing 2nd or 4th have not addressed the long term effects on the player. It is a lot different to play 2nd for a short...
... opportunities ... First is the glamour job, the one with the most visibility. You could argue that principal is a key position in the orchestra, because...
... These are questions, not a flames. How do you do identify an "opportunity" for a section player to play principal? What do you consider not to be "major,...
... While we're waiting for Dr. Matlick to respond, I can give my take. To me, the "major, crucial literature" would be a piece with a major 1st Horn solo or...
Okay Kerry, fair enough, but what about the 4th Horn solo in Beethoven's 9th ? As we all know, it is frequently relegated to the principal horn. Cordially, ...
... Beethoven's 9th ... I think this is no longer true for most semi-pro and pro orchestras. There will be exceptions no doubt. I will sort of agree with Chris...
Dig out the Reicha Six Trios Opus 82. When you present the music, everyone wants to play first. But I...he..he know what's in that third horn part. You...
First horn in my orchestra often let other members play first-- especially in school concerts. I got to play 2nd on Beethoven 7th, Haydn Horn Signal and other...
... 9th ... You know, that's what Louis Stout told me some 30+ years ago. In all that time, I have yet to see it happen. Unless the 4th doesn't want the solo,...
... what got ... was a ... guess I ... him once ... into the ... Dale tells of a time when a guest conductor arrived at the CSO to conduct Beethoven 9. The...
As I write this I am spending my last night in Moab with the first weeks performances complete. My only regret is that I was unable to make it to the Benefit...
Some of you who have been customers of Dennis Houghton and Houghton Custom Horns (a prominent brass repair shop in Keller, Texas) may have been surprised, as I...
Edwin Glick
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Sep 4, 2007 3:50 pm
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At 01:41 AM 9/4/2007 +0000, Jack wrote:On the ... Tom went from 1st in Houston to 3rd in Boston. Margaret Margaret F. Dikel Horn / Librarian / Webmaster JCC...
Dear American friends, you may be interested in the masterclasses Luca Benucci will give in the United States in October: October 16, 2007: Roosvelt...
It was a soggy start. About 150 hornists, literally from 8 to 80, premiered Einjott Schneider's Schott-commissioned "Cornissimo" to honor Gebr. Alexander's...
Dear Friends, John Barrows told me, in his New York City days, that first horn players were a ³dime a dozen², but a good fourth horn player is the ³pot of...
John Dutton wrote: Dale [Clevenger] tells of a time when a guest conductor arrived at the CSO to conduct Beethoven 9. The conductor asked Dale to play the solo...
A couple of things to think about guest's are very different then music directors. Among guest conductors there are those with vast experience and those...
Debbie Schmidt
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Sep 4, 2007 10:11 pm
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Years and years ago, I purchased the trumpet arrangement of this and just transposed the trumpet part. No transcription necessary...Used it in many a church...
