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The Early Horn: A Practical Guide

The Early Horn: A Practical Guide

Humphries, John
Lawson, Colin
Stowell, Robin

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music

Music Instruction: BrassMusic Instruction: GeneralMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0521635594
ISBN13: 9780521635592
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 6 2000
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.97 Depth: 8.92
Language: English
This introduction to the early horn provides a historical account of the instrument's development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. The book aims to help performers to play in a historically appropriate style and provides a series of case studies including major works from the horn repertoire by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. It includes chapters on the historical background of the instrument, its design and development, and choice of instrument today.

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