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  2. French horn - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of horn players - Wikipedia

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    Georges Barboteu (1924–2006), Former professor at CNSM, member of the French French-horn school, horn instructor of many current French French hornists Hermann Baumann (1934–2023), former principal horn Philharmonisches Orchester Dortmund and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , winner of the ARD International Music Competition in 1964 ...

  4. List of compositions for horn - Wikipedia

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    Morceau de Concert in F minor, Op. 94 for horn and orchestra (Mutopia listing) Georg Abraham Schneider. Concerto for Four Horns in E-flat (1817) Concerto No. 1 in E major for three horns and orchestra; Concerto No. 2 in E major for three horns and orchestra; Franz Schubert. Auf dem Strom for tenor or soprano, horn and piano; Robert Schumann

  5. Brass section - Wikipedia

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    The brass section of the concert band is generally larger and more diverse than the brass section of the orchestra. [citation needed] The typical brass section of a concert band is as follows: 4–6 Trumpets and/or cornets; 4 French horns; 2–3 Tenor trombones; 1 Bass trombone; 2 Euphoniums and/or baritone horns; 2 Tubas

  6. Julie Landsman - Wikipedia

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    Julie Landsman (born April 3, 1953) is an American-born French horn player and teacher. Landsman was Principal Horn of the Metropolitan Opera from 1985-2010. Prior to her appointment with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Landsman served as co-principal horn with the Houston Symphony, and has toured internationally with the New York Philharmonic and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

  7. Philip Farkas - Wikipedia

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    Philip Farkas (March 5, 1914 – December 21, 1992) was the principal French horn player in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years, and he left in 1960 to join the music faculty at Indiana University School of Music.

  8. Richard Bissill - Wikipedia

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    Richard Bissill is a French horn player, composer and arranger, and Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. [1]Born in Leicestershire, he was a member of the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra and he then studied horn and piano at the Royal Academy of Music before joining the London Symphony Orchestra in 1981.

  9. French horn in jazz - Wikipedia

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    The Claude Thornhill Orchestra was the first group to incorporate the French horn into a jazz ensemble. In early 1940 , the Claude Thornhill Orchestra had moved out to southern California. [ 1 ] During this time, the Thornhill band was moving jazz in an entirely new direction, creating an entirely new sound.