Compare for yourself. Here's what the finale of Brahms' Horn Trio sounds like on the natural (valveless) horn. John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined ...

Before the Christian era, the horn was the instrument of religious rituals and ceremonial parades, according to ”The French Horn” by R. Morley-Pegge. In modern times, orchestras worldwide herald the ...

If you find yourself strolling out for a morning hike in Alberta's Rockies and discover the sounds of Switzerland cascading around the mountain ranges there could be a perfectly good explanation. You ...

If you’ve seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you’ve heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. As one of the industry’s busiest French horn musicians, ...

According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, the French horn in jazz dates back to 1921. By the 1930s, the instrument was popping up on recordings by Bing Crosby and Woody Herman. In the 1940s, Artie ...

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Felix Klieser’s bio follows the same format as most classical musicians’ promotional literature. There’s a bit about his early studies – in this case, at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and ...

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A new study has found further evidence that French horn players are one of the most at-risk groups of developing noise-induced hearing loss among professional orchestral musicians. Professional French ...

OLD FRONTENAC, Minn. — The tangled deciduous woods that surround the southeastern Minnesota village of Old Frontenac are busy with sound. Especially at dawn and dusk, they echo with birdsong. Wind ...

If you find yourself strolling out for a morning hike in Alberta's Rockies and discover the sounds of Switzerland cascading around the mountain ranges there could be a perfectly good explanation. You ...