[Hornlist] Baroque duets
I (with a local colleague) am learning to play baroque trumpet. We try to play duets whenever possible. It's more fun than struggling with the beast on our own. Problem is finding good duet material. It just occurred to me that we're pretty much dealing with the same written notes as horn. We've also got a fair amount of material that goes above the staff (up to high C) and while that's quite playable on the trumpet, it's fairly taxing for duet sessions when we're using D trumpets Anyone have suggestions for duets for natural horn that we could play. The only possible problem is that the trumpets don't play as low as horn -- G below the staff is about it. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Lost in Translation?
Having lived abroad and seen well meaning funny translations, I get amused easily with this kind of thing. Here a page of horn descriptions: http://muinstrum.com/french-horns/ For example, the Conn 11DS Symphonic: Flawless craftsmanship and unexampled chant by means of the next features: francis scott key of F/Bb (reversible), Geyer-style, .468 tire, 12 medium-throat yellowed memorial tablet drive in ship's bell, tapering rotors and charges, and open varnish goal. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Re: OT: Is there a trumpet list similar to this horn list?
Many of the good classical trumpet players in Chicago travel with 4 horns: Is this true? (or do you mean 4 trumpets?) Now that's why it's confusing to the rest of the world when the word FRENCH is omitted!! It was a colleague on this list that straightened me out almost 30 years ago -- that I should say horn when I mean French horn. But most of the time no one but me knows what I mean. I'd better stop now, I gotta go grab my horn and warm up (it's a trumpet) ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Looking for Durk D3 leadpipes
You meet the strangest people on the hornlist seems some trumpet players hang out here. On the Christmas concert this year, there is one piece of music that at the bottom of the page says Joyce turn page fast -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hurricane Chinooks Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:12 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Looking for Durk D3 leadpipes I'm looking for interchangeable leadpipes for a Durk D3. If anyone has an extra, please drop me a line. Thanks. Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.15/1174 - Release Date: 12/6/2007 10:11 AM ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herrickd%40huntingdon.ed u ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Looking for Durk D3 leadpipes
Didn't mean to reply to the list sorry!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Herrick Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Looking for Durk D3 leadpipes You meet the strangest people on the hornlist seems some trumpet players hang out here. On the Christmas concert this year, there is one piece of music that at the bottom of the page says Joyce turn page fast -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hurricane Chinooks Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:12 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Looking for Durk D3 leadpipes I'm looking for interchangeable leadpipes for a Durk D3. If anyone has an extra, please drop me a line. Thanks. Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.15/1174 - Release Date: 12/6/2007 10:11 AM ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herrickd%40huntingdon.ed u ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herrickd%40huntingdon.ed u ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Descant horn
I've had many requests for a picture of this instrument, so here is one http://herrick.huntingdon.edu/hornalex.htm I do have an Alex descant for sale (posted these a while back -- a colleague passed away and I'm helping the widow sell horns). This certainly isn't a new Alex, and its' compensating. If anyone is interested I can send pictures. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Descant horn
I do have an Alex descant for sale (posted these a while back -- a colleague passed away and I'm helping the widow sell horns). This certainly isn't a new Alex, and its' compensating. If anyone is interested I can send pictures. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandra Clark Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:28 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Descant horn I'm very much enjoying my new Alex 107XMAL - I'm using a Froydis 10 mouthpiece - and finding the combination a real treat. Call Richard Bentson at Wichita Band to find out more about the newly redesigned Alex descant. Sandra Clark Toledo OH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathew James Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 3:46 PM To: horn list Subject: [Hornlist] Descant horn Hey list, I have a question to ask. I am beginning to look for a descant horn for myself. I know I should be trying out as many as possible, but I was hoping to collect some opinions from anyone on their experiences with certain horns, so I can narrow down what I try to find to test play. Any feedback as always would be greatly appreciated. -- Mathew James ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/sclark05%40bex.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herrickd%40huntingdon.ed u ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Anniversary
We remember Dennis Brain as one of our great heroes. His art is preserved on hundreds of recordings with the orchestras he played (Royal Philharmonic Philharmonia Orchestra) - fortunately. I've got all his solo albums, but what are some of the ones that best show his orchestral playing? Sent via the WebMail system at huntingdon.edu ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Horn Quartets and Organ
I just got a phone call from a local organist who has 4 horn players in her church and was wondering if anyone knows of music for horn quartet and organ, probably more of a meditative type piece (all amateur/high school I think) Any suggestions? ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Horn Quartet Album
I just bought a horn quartet album on ebay. Members of the Chicago Symphony. It's got Christopher Lauba, Paul Binstock, Wayne Barrington, Robert Wirth and Frank Brouk (presently solo horn) No date. Anyone know when this was the horn section? A closer reading of the back seems to indicate that the are not all members of CSO. Lauba was Professor of Music in Puerto Rico, Wirth has played in Minneapolis six seasons; Binstock teaches music in Roseville Minnesota. Maybe only Barrington and Brouk are CSO? ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Horn Quartet Album
The CSO had a wonderful site that includes former members. Thanks for the info. I've been to their site but never looked at former members. Lauba was '60-'62 Barrington '54-'64 Brouk '62-'63 and '65-'66 Binstock and Wirth not listed So my guess would be early '60's for this recording. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Horn Quartet Album
The back of the record jacket very clearly says Lauba... Different guy? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of John Dutton Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:44 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Horn Quartet Album [Q] Thanks for the info. I've been to their site but never looked at former members. Lauba (sic) was '60-'62 Barrington '54-'64 Brouk '62-'63 and '65-'66 Binstock and Wirth not listed So my guess would be early '60's for this recording. [/Q] Frank Brouk was principal for those years but was in the orchestra from 1961-78. And again it is _Leuba_ and not Lauba. Chris is still alive and kicking in the Seattle/Portland area. Might as well spell his name correctly. The Jack Attack! ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herrickd%40hunt ingdon.edu ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] free scores and a mystery hornist
It's also available in English by clicking the flag in the upper right...
http://www.free-scores.com/index_uk.php3
I stumbled on this website - it has lots of free sheet music,
not only for horn, but much other instrumentation, including
some full orchestra scores. But - sacre bleu! - it is in
French. Not to worry - 'telecharger' means 'download', not
'send money'.
http://www.free-scores.com/
Scroll down about 1/3 of the page to see the instrument
categories. The scores are all in PDF format. However when
I clicked on the name and the Open with - Save to disk box
appeared, OK was greyed out and unavailable. If that
happens to you, try clicking on the down-arrow on the box to
the right of Open with and choose other. Then OK
should be available, and you can x the big Choose Helper
Application
box that will appear.
Among the gems here are several trios for guitar, flute and
horn by C.
Dickhut. With an easy google ('dickhut composer'), hit #2
finds Christian Dickhut, who around 1812 was a hornist in the
Mannheim orchestra, also a guitar virtuoso, and who invented
a horn slide moved by the thumb. How could this guy have
escaped discussion on our list for so long?
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RE: [Hornlist] OT: Cornetto WAS Cimbasso
In a message dated 19/05/2007 02:48:53 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Were the Brandenburg 1 and/or 2 horn/trumpet parts written for the cornetto? Yet one more thing I know a little about, having played it 3 or 4 times It wasn't written for cornetto and is generally considered to be for trumpet. It's an F trumpet part, written up to D above the staff, or an A 3 leger lines above the staff on a Bb trumpet. There are some who argue that because this is quite a bit above any of Bach's other trumpet parts that it might have been meant to be played on an octave lower on a lower F instrument. You horn players probably know tubing lengths better than I do, but the F trumpet it was written for (assuming a trumpet part) would be a fourth lower than the modern Bb trumpet. Isn't this an octave shorter than the normal F horn? ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] OT: Cornetto WAS Cimbasso
I have an old one, some 300+ years, wood leather on the outside, with key holes like a recorder. On the subject of old wooden wind instruments, a few years ago I was talking to a musician playing a baroque flute and dressed in period costume at some castle or something in London. I asked if he used a period instrument or a modern reproduction. He said everyone uses modern reproductions -- the life span of a wooden flute then was 10-15 years at the most. Then toss it in the fire and get a new one. The interesting part is that he said many of the reproductions were modeled after existing flutes from the period, and that these existing flutes existed because they were awful instruments that didn't get played and thus were still surviving ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] OT: Cornetto WAS Cimbasso
And to make this a little more interesting, the Italian cornet was originally a wooden instrument similar in shape to the oboe except it used a cornet mouthpiece instead of the oboe's double reed. One of these cornets is displayed in the Albert and Victoria Museum in London. How the cornet evolved into the brass instrument we now have is something I haven't researched yet. Something I know a little about!! I have a cornetto (German zink - in the US we generally say cornet (for modern) or cornetto (for this instrument) and in the UK it seems to be cornett for this instrument). Mine is a reproduction made by Christopher Monk (now run by Jeremy West after Monk passed away) http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/cmi/cornets.html. There is also an excellent CD that West has done. The mouthpiece isn't really a cornet mouthpiece... It is far smaller, and many engravings from the time show the player playing off to the side where the lips are thinner. I have a trumpet/cornet style mouthpiece and it is quite a bit larger than the authentic mouthpieces (usually called acorn mouthpieces.) West states in his How to Play the Cornett that the instrument was eclipsed in the early 1700's by the rise in popularity of the violin and oboe. The fingerings are very much like recorder, and the standard size instrument is more like a tenor recorder in that the reach for the holes is quite a distance and finger stretch. Fascinating instrument to hear played well!!! An ivory one: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cmnt/ho_52.96.1.htm The modern cornet evolved separately, most likely from a coach horn. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Re: centering pitch
I have a duet which seems to me to be perfect for Hans' suggestion. The pre-Baroque composer is unknown and I arranged it; it's called Discant, weighing in at 100KB. Let me know if you want it. I've heard of this composer Discant B. Wright!!! ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Need Bearing
As you might recall from a previous message, I'm helping the widow of a close friend who passed away sell off his horns. One of these is a Reynolds Contempora and the bearing plate under the Bb valve cap is missing. Does anyone know of a Reynolds that's being parted out where I could find this? We've got a local dealer who has tons of old horns but not one of these. I believe my friend thought that some of these Reynolds horns were under-rated and I'd like to make this one usable again. Thanks for any suggestions. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] RE: The preferred tone/sound these days?
If a tree falls on an 8D in the forest, and no horn jocks are around to hear it, does it's sound have more 'core' than a Geyer? This is way to ambiguous for me Do you mean more core than a Geyer falling on an 8D or than a tree falling on a Geyer? And does it have to be a real Geyer or just a Geyer wrap? And not being a Geyer expert, are there brass Geyers and silver Geyers? Does that matter? I would think so if we're talking about 'core'!!! Could it be a Geyer single horn (are there any?) or a Geyer descant (are there any?). I KNOW what an 8D is, but just saying Geyer brings up too many choices for me ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] OT: Hindemith Trumpet Sonata, Music-Minus-One
You might want to check out SmartMusic. (http://www.smartmusic.com). This is piano accompaniment controlled by the computer, and it can even follow you (although at the end of the first movement it's moving along pretty good in the piano part.) This is an excellent program to learn accompaniments and how they fit with the solo part. When I've had students work with them, the rehearsals with the pianist are much easier. You can also build practice loops and that sort of thing, as well as have a built in metronome and tuner. It's a subscription per year, and since we have it at our school, I think it's $25 for a year for the student. If that's available I don't know of anything better. You can adjust tempos by sections, etc. Great asset. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Steve Freides Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 6:34 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: [Hornlist] OT: Hindemith Trumpet Sonata, Music-Minus-One I'm trying to see if a recording of the accompaniment to the Hindemith Trumpet Sonata exists - Music Minus One or similar for my son (who plays both horn and trumpet). The Music Minus One web site shows only the second movement of this piece, and my son is auditioning with the first movement, so we're out of luck there. I don't know if there are competitors to Music Minus One or otherwise places I should try to find this. We need this for a simple reason - I accompany my son in rehearsal/practice, and the Hindemith is beyond my meager pianist abilities. We had our first rehearsal with our actual accompanist yesterday and it all went very well, save the Hindemith. I know I could ask the pianist to record the Hindemith for us, but it's quite a tough piece to play without errors, hence my desire to find a recording. Thanks in advance. -S- ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herrickd%40hunt ingdon.edu ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] A new Member
I just joined this list today. While I'm primarily a trumpet player, I DO know not to use the F word as an adjective for horn!!! I've been well trained by another list member. You may have read last week about the passing of my good friend Bobby Collins. His wife has asked me to find out the value of his horns and assist with selling them. To that end I've got photos posted and would really appreciate any opinions as to their valve. I know it's variable, depends on the market and how badly someone wants something, how well it plays and that kind of thing, but it would be of great help if you could give some idea of their value. I also know they range from wall hangers to really good!! http://herrick.huntingdon.edu/horns/Album/album/index.html Once you click on a thumbnail and get a slide, if you want a REALLY BIG view, click in the bottom middle of the slide and you will get the full size image (REALLY BIG). If more photos would assist, let me know and I'd be glad to add them. I appreciate all your assistance!!! ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
