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Playing High Horn: A Handbook for High Register Playing, Descant Horns, and Triple Horns

A great resource for development of the high range, with an emphasis on the effective use of descant and triple horns. Includes complete parts for the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and B Minor Mass of Bach, Concertos by Telemann and Förster, the Symphony No. 31 and Divertimento a tre of Haydn, the Symphony No. 40 of Mozart, the Schumann Concertstück, excerpts from other works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Dvorak, Ravel, and Shostakovich, exercises for range development, notes on equipment and fingerings, and much more. 116 pages. Our bestselling publication! “All things high horn” from an experienced high horn player. HNE001, $30.

Introducing the Horn: Essentials for New Hornists and Their Teachers

Covers in one volume the range of performance-related topics that are the most essential in giving a new hornist a good start. The ideal resource book for beginners, those converting to the horn, and music educators. 22 pages. Start new players effectively. HNE002, $15.

Playing the Wagner Tuba: A Handbook for Hornists

A complete, practical guide to the literature and performance techniques of the Wagner tuba. Includes complete parts (original notation and transposed) for Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 and excerpts from Götterdämmerung and Eine Alpensymphonie. 62 pages. The only publication of its kind! HNE003, $25.

A Mello Catechism: A Guide to the World of Mellophones and Marching Horns

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The Brass Gym: A Comprehensive Daily Routine for Brass Players
by Patrick Sheridan and Sam Pilafian. Edited for horn by John Ericson. 

The Brass Gym includes a 108 page book and a 78 minute play-along CD featuring the two authors. Originally developed for tuba/euphonium, this volume is the best comprehensive horn workout available. Take your playing to the next level. Focus on Music, $29.95.

Many of the greatest works for the horn feature the instrument in a characteristically lyrical role. This collection, Canto, celebrates the singing tone of the horn through representative works for horn and piano from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The works recorded on this CD are:

Trygve Madsen: Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 24
Robert Schumann: Adagio und Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70 
Reinhold Gliere: Nocturne, Op. 35, No. 10
Carl Nielsen, Canto Serioso 
H. K. Schmid: Im tiefsten Walde, Op. 34, No. 4
Arnold Cooke: Rondo in B-flat Major
Franz Danzi: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 28

For a short audio clip from this CD visit the Canto page in Horn Articles Online. “Terrific collaboration between horn and piano”--The Horn Call. Summit Records, $16.95.

Franz Strauss (1822-1905), besides being the father of the composer Richard Strauss, was one of the leading horn virtuosi of the nineteenth century and a composer of importance for the horn. He performed principal horn in the Bavarian Court Orchestra and was professor at the Academy of Music in Munich for many years. This collection features all five of the solo works for horn and piano composed by Franz Strauss which were published during his lifetime. The works recorded on this CD are:

Franz Strauss: Fantasie über den Sehnsuchtswaltzer von Schubert, Op. 2
Franz Strauss: Les Adieux 
Robert Schumann: Phantasiestüke, Op. 73
Franz Strauss: Nocturno, Op. 7  
Franz Strauss: Empfindungen am Meere, Op. 12
Franz Strauss: Thema und Variationen, Op. 13
Richard Strauss: Andante, Op. post.

For short audio clips from this CD visit the Les Adieux page in Horn Articles Online. "Fantastic playing .... The level of musicality, nuance and artistry is not to be missed"--The Horn Call. Summit Records. $16.95.

John Ericson

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NEWS! A Mello Catechism has been reviewed in The Middle Horn Leader. "A must have for horn instructors and enthusiasts."

Several more new publications are in development and will be released in 2008-09. These include materials for technique development and a natural horn book. For information on upcoming publications as they are about to be released please visit the Horn Notes Blog