On the single F horn, part V: Will the real B....
Working on notes for this CD project I realized that the dates given in IMSLP for B. Ed. Müller can’t possibly be correct. Their...
Geyer Dreaming VI – Some Final Stories
This series has covered a lot of ground! So much so that it has been a challenge to write the conclusion – but it...
Spheres of Influence and a Survey: Have you Heard of this...
Within the realm of Hollywood and famous movie actors, fame and influence boil down to a popularity contest of who is the "hottest" or most...
New Information on Maxime-Alphonse
Last night I had a very pleasant surprise in my inbox. Blog reader Jay Anderson had seen my previous post on Maxime-Alphonse and got...
Dennis Brain in Chicago, November 25-26, 1950; Some Notes from Dennis...
A massive new biography of the great British horn virtuoso Dennis Brain was just published this month by UNT press, Dennis Brain: A Life...
From the Who’s Who Survey: 14 New Comparison Charts in a...
Crunching the numbers from the report Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups in the Online (French) Horn Community, another layer of the onion is...
Mean Horn Teachers who wrote Etudes
There are some really great etudes out there that have a few things in common, besides being hard. The main thing is they have...
Interview: Jazz Hornist Mark Taylor and Notes on Embouchure Dystonia
Last weekend I noted that in Episode 120 of The Mellocast the topic of Focal Dystonia came up with jazz hornist Mark Taylor. There...
The Lorenzo Sansone Fan Page
A hornist who was much better known 50 years ago than today is Lorenzo Sansone. I saw on the IHS Facebook page that a...
Hermann Neuling, Low Horn Master
I love the low horn etudes by Hermann Neuling; I feel certain that these made a big difference in my playing. I have had...