This is an excellent book, written by a player/horn historian who had a working understanding of the natural horn and a good collection of instruments that are now (I believe) in the Bate Collection in Oxford and the Horniman Museum in London. As the title indicates, there is a detailed discussion of the horn's evolution, including discussion of some interesting paths that ended up nowhere (the Prager horn, for example). It is certainly worth tracking down if you would like a better understanding of how the instrument we play today has developed, and particularly if you are interested in the natural horn. There is also an excellent discussion of the development of playing technique, with liberal quotation from some of the well-known natural horn treatises by French teachers. Morley-Pegge studied at the Paris Conservatory around 1900, when Bremond was the professor of both natural and valved horn.
-----Original Message----- From: horn-bounces+treicher=cooley....@music.memphis.edu [mailto:horn-bounces+treicher=cooley....@music.memphis.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Freides Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:58 PM To: The Horn List Subject: [Hornlist] THE FRENCH HORN ; SOME NOTES ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE INSTRUMENT AND OF ITS TECHNIQUE THE FRENCH HORN ; SOME NOTES ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE INSTRUMENT AND OF ITS TECHNIQUE (Hardcover) by R MORLEY-PEGGE (Author) Anyone care to comment on this book? Also, anyone have a copy they care to sell? (I see a few used copies on the Internet but would happily help someone here get rid of theirs first.) Thanks. -S- _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/treicher%40cooley.com This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient, please be advised that the content of this message is subject to access, review and disclosure by the sender's Email System Administrator. IRS Circular 230 disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachment) is not intended or written by us to be used, and cannot be used, (i) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) for promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
