The Horn Handbook

by Verne Reynolds

Overview

This immensely practical handbook is the work of a musician, composer, and teacher at the Eastman School of Music. The first book to cover the topic, it presents a broad introduction to horn study, practice, and performance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574670165
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Series:	Amadeus
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Verne Reynolds was born in Lyons, Kansas in 1926. He began study of the violin and piano at an early age and at thirteen began playing the horn. He holds degrees in composition from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the University of Wisconsin, and has studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He is a former member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the American Woodwind Quintet, and from 1959-1968 was principal horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Reynolds has been a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, and, until his retirement in 1995, served for thirty-six years as professor of horn at the Eastman School of Music, where he was a founding member of the Eastman Brass Quintet. As a composer he has received awards and commissions from many orchestras, universities, chamber music groups, and solo performers.

Editorial Reviews

This guide for horn teachers and players emphasizes the development of broad musicianship through ear-training, score study, and the investigation of music beyond horn literature. The volume leads the player and teacher through the etude, solo, chamber music, and orchestral literature of the horn and provides examples of exercises for warm-up and technique improvement. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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