MASTERY OF THE FRENCH HORN

The well-known standard for all questions concerning the technique and playing of the horn – now in English translation.The work is relevant to professionals as well as students. Apart from issues of daily practice and playing, it also deals with topics that havent been covered within horn literature until recently: playing the high F-horn or the Wagner-tuba, the arrangement of the cadenza in the solo concertos (including cadenzas of all established concertos), personal management as a performer, and other subjects. The German edition has received the German award (Best Edition) 2000. Content – Advanced Daily Technical Exercises – The Art of Practicing – The Way to an Individual Tone – Shaping the Music – Which Horn for Which Music? – The Horn and Horn Playing over the Centuries – The Cadenza in the Solo Literature – Competitions, Juries, Auditions, and Solo Performances – Horn Playing as a Profession – Literature about the Horn