On Dealing with New Compositions with Bad Horn Writing

A recent discussion on the Facebook Horn People discussion group brings up the topic of living composers and how they write for the French horn. This has been a topic here at Horn Matters, one that both John and I have explored. In “Composers who Can’t Write for the Horn,” John Ericson suggests that composers should talk to horn players in order to answers questions and concerns with writing for the horn. As horn players we see a lot...

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