Re: [Hornlist] Horn Quartet Music
Alex, I can only endorse Bill Melton's fabulous gigbook. It's got a bit of everything. However! Visit my website, www.brasshausmusic.com and have a look at my two quartet books. The six miniatures starts with a Berlioz type funeral march and finishes with, literally, a hunting scene that gives the performers ample opportunity for entertaining - offstage horn calls etc. Also, the book of encores for horn quartet (to be reviewed by Bob Ashworth in the next issue of 'The Horn Player') gives you two Sousa Marches, a Neopolitan song, a specifically American piece, 'Sweet Lavender' by Edward MacDowell and a Bavarian whoop up with handstopping and quasi glissandi. Invest and enjoy. Ralph R. Hall (ra...@brasshausmusic.com) - Original Message - From: "A Reece" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:55 AM Subject: [Hornlist] Horn Quartet Music Hello all, I am a high school senior who just formed a horn quartet with my friends. We are a fairly good group and we enjoy playing together but now we are looking for some quality quartet music to play. Does anyone have recommendations for good quality horn quartets/horn quartet books? We're hoping to eventually have enough material to play some gigs (I am in the quartet for the enjoyment of it, but others became serious with the potential to make money). More specifically, does anyone know of a quartet arrangement for John Williams/Star Wars music? (one of our members is a passionate Star Wars fan and we've been looking all over for any sort of quartet arrangement with the thought that we could transpose a string quartet, etc. if necessary). Thanks for your advice, Alex Reece 4th Horn ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ralph%40brasshausmusic.com ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Slide Grease
Mark, I returned last year from a stint as Director of the Royal Guard of Oman Military School of Music. My annual budget included a search for slide grease that didn't melt in temperatures of 50 Celsius. This one has no maker's name only the following: Grease Ultra-Heavy for Tuning Slides (800-PRO-OILS) All I can tell you is that it worked, was ordered from a Giardinelli catalogue and makes you look like an extra in the pizza restaurant scene in the movie "Top Secret"! Go get some! In a career of over 40 years as a professional horn player I have never used rotary valve oil in the valves of my Alex, two Conn 8Ds and now a 35 year old King Eroica. The only time I did need it was when I owned, briefly, a Holton 179. Again, it was a must in Oman because the 179 was the only horn that fitted the Sultan's requirement of silver plate for his 3 bands. Nickel silver would not do. Valve tolerances on Holtons are (too) tight which is why they supply rotary valve oil with every new instrument. Finally, this grease makes up for wear and tear on ageing slides that are loose and move unintentionally. Hope this is some help to you. Ralph R. Hall - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:20 AM Subject: [Hornlist] Slide Grease Any suggestions for a long lasting slide grease.? I have tried gun grease; Selmer Slide/Cork Grease; GOO Tuning valve slide lube; Schilke Slide Grease w lanolin; all Hetman types; STP. Nothing lasts more than a week w the Holton Rotary valve oil I use. Thanks, Mark Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ralph%40brasshausmusic.com ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] bass clef
Dear (Low) Hornists, I would like to trawl the hornlist for some opinions about bass clef preferences. As a composer/arranger and publisher (brasshausmusic.com), I would like to conduct a poll amongst low brass players to find the vox populi whether they prefer New or Old Notation in the bass clef. This poll is open until the 15th February and then the collated results will appear both on the horn list and my website - see above. Apart from the blatant self-advertisement, there is an underlying, serious purpose to this. Writing music can be very different from reading music. What is easier for composer/arranger/publisher is not necessarily the best way of presenting music to the player. As a player myself I am conscious of these things and certainly have my own opinion about the bass clef question. Once the data is disseminated (thanks to all those 2nd & 4th players who feel they have never had an individual voice before!), I shall present findings both here and on my website, courtesy of C.V. Faction, the best 2nd horn in the world! Ralph R. Hall (brasshausmusic.com) ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] VPO New Year's: ? einsetzen
Otto, may I chip in on this one - my first contribution to the horn list. I played inset from college (Royal Manchester under Sydney Coulston) through two full time jobs - BBC Welsh Symphony and City of Birmingham. I freelanced in London for two years with the major British orchestras - still with the same embouchure. After a long spell with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic on second, I turned the post down simply because after a hard blow, I noticed a dead patch on my lower lip. This insensitivity made total accuracy a matter of absolute concentration for 100% of playing time - both rehearsals and concerts. This is not a guarantee of a long life, either playing or otherwise! After time out teaching, conducting and rectifying what I considered to be a faulty embouchure, I was OK to play two seasons in a German opera house as Wechsel Tiefes Horn with a much more conventional set up. Two observations: most of the horn embouchure breakdowns I have seen as both teacher and colleague have been inset and I warn people against it. Although, to follow up your observation, as a player in Germany I have seen a greater proportion of inset embouchures than elsewhere, particularly amongst high players. Ralph R. Hall - Original Message - From: "Otto Henry" To: Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:23 PM Subject: [Hornlist] VPO New Year's: ? einsetzen Me too, I loved the VPO/ Barenbohm concert, the 2nd horn solo in the coda of the Sy. 45 knocked me out- such perfect concintration with all that monkey business going on. I am writing to see if anyone else noticed a clip of the first and second horn players during the Blue Danube waltz playing on rimmed mouthpieces with einsetzen??? haven't seen anyone doing that in ages and assumed it was out of vogue. I used it when I was young, but all teachers frowned on it! Regards, Otto Henry ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ralph%40brasshausmusic.com ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
