The Early Horn: A Practical Guide

by John Humphries

Book Overview

This introduction to the early horn provides a historical account of the instrument's development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. The book aims to help performers to play in a historically appropriate style and provides a series of case studies including major works from the horn repertoire by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521635594
• ISBN13: 9780521635592
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"