Famous Horn Players
This horn player is the Professor of Horn at the University of Michigan.
This term means "singingly"
What is cantabile?
This Jewish instrument was an early animal horn, and is still played today.
What is the shofar?
This German composer wrote two concertos for the horn, and was the son of a horn player.
Who is Richard Strauss?
Bathing a French horn in hot water will damage this part of the instrument.
What is the lacquer?
Julius Watkins is famous for this kind of playing.
What is jazz horn playing?
The translation of Gestopft.
What is stopped horn?
The horn was depicted in early art as a symbol of the moon, the messenger, and the shepherd, but mainly was associated with this.
What is the hunt?
This composer collaborated with Miles Davis on influential records like Porgy and Bess. He was famous for his innovative arranging and orchestration.
Who is Gil Evans?
If you unwrapped the tubing of a french horn and stretched it all out, it would be ______ feet long.
What is twelve?
He is the horn professor at the University of Illinois.
Who is Bernhard Scully?
The translation for niente.
What is nothing?
This important part of the modern horn was invented around the year 1814.
What are valves?
This composer wrote Rite of Spring and Firebird.
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
Most American trumpets have piston valves. The majority of American horns have these kinds of valves.
What are rotary valves?
She is the first female brass player to become a member of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Who is Sarah Willis?
The translation for pesante.
What is heavy?
This horn player retired from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2013 after playing principal horn since 1966.
Who is Dale Clevenger?
Who is Gunther Schuller?
This composer's concerto was the first horn concerto to be recorded in its entirety.
Who is Mozart?
He coined the term Third Stream.
Who is Gunther Schuller?
The translation for giocoso.
What is playful?
This German composer wrote massive symphonies that often featured horn sections of eight horns or more. His 8th Symphony is entitled "Symphony of a Thousand."
Who is Gustav Mahler?
Many horn players were sidemen on the albums of this famous jazz trumpet player; albums like Sketches of Spain and Birth of the Cool.
Who is Miles Davis?
Mozart wrote this many concertos for the natural horn.
What is four?