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Richard Dunbar, was a player of the French horn, playing in the free jazz scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 29, 1944, and he died suddenly at the age of 61, apparently of a heart attack, on the way to a gig on February 8, 2006.
He toured Europe in 1900 with the Sousa Band. From 1902 until his retirement in 1946, Horner performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, [3] whose director Eugene Ormandy later called him "not only one of the greatest horn players of his time, but of all time”. [4] Horner also taught for many years at the Curtis Institute of Music. [5]
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Barry Tuckwell was born on 5 March 1931 in Melbourne, son of Charles Tuckwell, an organist, [2] and his wife Elizabeth. The fifth day of March is known by many as the Horn Duumvirate Date, as it was the birth date of both Tuckwell and Philip Farkas, both highly regarded horn players.
He designed the top-selling Holton-Farkas horn made by the Frank Holton Company and a large selection of mouthpieces. He wrote and published four best-selling books to help French horn players, brass players, and all musicians improve in the art. His first book, The Art of French Horn Playing, is nicknamed the bible of horn players.
Gallay was born in Perpignan, in the south of France, in 1795; his father was an amateur horn player. His ability was noted during his youth, but he was reluctant to travel to Paris to study. [2] Eventually in 1820 he entered the Paris Conservatoire, and studied with the horn player Louis Francois Dauprat. [2] [3]
With a secret device, he was able to play up to four notes at once on the horn. [1] [2] He was known for playing practical jokes: an obituarist wrote that "in their day they were the talk of Europe". [3] He published in 1900 an autobiography, said to be largely fictitious, La Vie e les Aventures d'un Corniste. [5] Vivier died in Nice in 1900. [1]
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.