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Indiana University horn professor, horn maker Richard Seraphinoff adds novelist to his list of accomplishments. IU music professor and horn maker tries his hand at historical fiction with his 1st ...
The natural horn is a musical instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day (French) horn (differentiated by its lack of valves). Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century the natural horn evolved as a separation from the trumpet by widening the bell and lengthening the tubes. [ 1 ] It consists of a mouthpiece, long coiled tubing ...
The alphorn or alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a straight several-meter-long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece. Traditionally the alphorn was made of one single piece, or two parts at most, of the wood of a red pine tree. Sometimes the trees would bend from the weight of snow in ...
Concerto for 2 Horns in G major, GWV 332. Anton Joseph Hampel. Concerto in D for horn, 2 violins, viola and basso. Georg Friedrich Händel. Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major, HWV 333. Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F, HWV 334. Aria in F major HWV 410, for 2 horns, 2 oboes and bassoon. Johann David Heinichen.
The Phenix Horns, [1] originally known as the EWF Horns, were the main horn section for the band Earth, Wind & Fire. The horn section was composed of Don Myrick on saxophone, Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield on trombone, Rahmlee Michael Davis on trumpet, Michael Harris on trumpet and Harry Kim on trumpet. The Phenix Horns are also known for their ...
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. Occupation (s) Musician, TV presenter. Instrument. French horn. Website. sarah-willis.com. Sarah Elizabeth Peel Willis MBE (born 23 February 1968) [1] is an American-born British-American [2] French horn player. She is a member of the Berlin Philharmonic, and is a presenter of TV and online programs about classical music.
A notable part of the band's sound was the "Seawind Horns" (trumpeter Jerry Hey, sax and flute player Kim Hutchcroft, and sax and flute player Larry Williams), who went on to provide backing instrumentals and horn arrangements for performers such as Earth, Wind & Fire, George Benson, Michael Jackson (Thriller, Off the Wall, and Bad), Quincy Jones and Mika.
The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B ♭ (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most often used by players in professional orchestras and bands, although the descant and triple horn have become increasingly popular.