Horn Music
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$9.99The famous Kopprasch etudes for horn (ca. 1830) are, like almost all etude collections, for horn alone. As useful as they are in developing technique, Kopprasch etudes in themselves are rather dry and mechanical as far as considering them as music is concerned. To add some life and depth to them, we have composed piano accompaniments to the first 34 etudes. These accompaniments provide some background in harmony and rhythm for the horn player, and should make the process of working on the originals much more musical and interesting; some may even be suitable for performance. The level of the accompaniments is intermediate - not for a beginner, but by no means virtuoso, so horn teachers with some level of piano skill will be able to play many of them. Learn More -
$15.00Based on Aaron Brask's creative musicianship and humor as displayed throughout his recording: Music for the Holiday Season, this collection of classic carols can be performed in, at least, two possible formats: 1. as a Horn Quartet, or 2.with Horn Ensembles of 5-6 players or Horn Choirs. A Horn Quartet can perform parts 1 through 4. Larger ensembles may also add the optional descant parts for Joy to the World and O Come All Ye Faithful. Throughout this edition, we have endeavored to capture the spirit and the nuances of Aaron’s recording. His unique style and phrasing is worthy of discussion by teachers and students, and his performance of the fourth parts is a real model of fine low register performance. We hope that you enjoy performing Aaron Brask’s arrangements in this set of Holiday Music for Horn.
JOY TO THE WORLD INFANT HOLY, INFANT LOWLY GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN, REJOICE O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL Learn More -
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This composition - a rainBow of orange above the Green - includes some joyful references to some of my past visits to the BGSU campus-as well as the many happy remembrances of four and a half decades of college teaching. This set of rhapsodic variations depicts a day in the life on a college or university campus starting from the colorful dawn-walking across the campus, hearing the fragments of music in the warm-up sessions in the music building, the classes-some informative and some pedantic, the inspiring moments of repose in the library and art gallery, the excitement of the band playing at an athletic event, and a concert where singers and instrumentalists all come together on stage to perform a final hymn of the school. Like many of my compositions, this work is a set of variations on a theme. Sometimes the theme is a hymn tune or a chorale. Sometimes it is set of variations on a more abstract cantus firmus. In this case, it is a theme found in the letters B, G, C, F, and A! The Three Horn Choirs consist of Choir I: Horn 1, 2, and 3; Choir II: horn 4, 5, and 6; and Choir III: Horn 7, 8, and 9. Within the Three Horn Choirs: 1, 4, and 7 are High Horn Parts; 2, 5, and 6 are middle Horn parts: and 3, 6, and 9 are the Low Horn Parts. As the conductor studies the score, one will see that this provides for many opportunities for antiphonal effects, solo passages for all ensemble members, and symphonic sonorities as one performs the composition. Grade: 5 Learn More -
$25.00Randall Faust's comprehensive horn studio handbook of technical studies. Contents include studies in Long Tones, Scales, Intervals, Scales in Intervals, Lip Trills, Lip Slurs, Articulation, Arpeggios, Stopped Horn, Dynamic Range, and Warm-ups.Grade: 3-6
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Written for Dr. Jennifer Sholtis and the final concert of the 54th International Horn Symposium held at Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Texas in August of 2022, these old west melodies are On the Trail of the Buffalo-also known as Buffalo Skinners; The Streets of Laredo, Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies; and Home on the Range. These are all traditional songs that date from the 19th century history of cowboys in the Old West. The original sources of these songs are as varied, diverse, and large as the people and the prairies of The Old West. The stories and lyrics of these songs are found in the works of a number of authors-the earliest large collection is found in the book dating from 1910 by John Lomax: Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads (published by the MacMillan Company). This Fantasy may be performed by either a Horn Quartet or a Horn Choir. When performed by a Horn Choir, both of the divisi voices in Horn I Measures 107-127 should be played. Also, Horn Choir performances should divide the Fourth Horn parts between parts IVA and IVB. Horn Quartets should use parts I, II, III, and IVA. Learn More -
$17.95A wonderful collection of 10 classic Schubert songs set here for horn in F and piano. The volume includes: Rastlose Liebe (Restless Love); Standchen (Serenade); Ruckblick (Looking Back); Am Meer (By the Sea); Der Musensohn (The Son of the Muse); Der Einsame (The Solitary) Die Post (The Post); Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree); Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To Be Sung on the Water); Litanei auf dem Fest aller Seelen (Litany for the Feast of All Souls). The recording of Richard King playing these selections is available here: 21 Schubert Lieder, Richard King, horn
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$17.95A wonderful collection of 11 classic Schubert songs set here for horn in F and piano. This volume includes: Wohin?; Du Bist die Ruh (My Peace Thou Art); Liebe schwarmt auf allen Wegen (Love Wanders on Every Road); Fruhlingssehnsucht (Springtide Longings); Wiegenlied (Cradle Song); Heiden-Roslein (Hedge Roses); Gretchen am Spinnrade (Margaret at the Spinning Wheel); Die Forelle (The Trout); An die Musik (To Music); Ellens zweiter Gesang (Ellen's Second Song); Nacht und Traume (Night & Dreams). The recording of Richard King playing these selections is available here: 21 Schubert Lieder, Richard King, horn
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A collection of twelve solos for Horn and Piano arranged by Marvin C. Howe and edited by Randall E. Faust (2013). These solos are a wonderful addition to the solo repertoire for students of all levels and serve as interesting and beautiful selections for recitals, contest pieces, and as study materials to compliment The Advancing Hornist series of method books. Collection comes with a CD of the piano accompaniments. Grade: 4-6
Program and Performance notes: Click HERE
Recorded by Thomas and Tricia Jöstlein, horns and Yeon-Kynug Kim, piano on the CD: SINGING SMOOTH MELODIES ON THE HORN
Contents include:
• Bach: Bist du bei mir
• Brahms: Sonntag, Op. 47, No. 3
• Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op. 94, No. 4
• Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86, No. 2
• Mozart: Dalla Sua Pace from Don Giovanni
• Faure: Pie Jesu from the Requiem
• Schubert: Einsamkeit from Die Winterreise, Op. 89
• Dvorak: Lament, Op 85. No. 6
• Faure: Sicilienne
• Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen from Lieder eines Fahrenden
• Saint-Saens: The Tourney of King John
• Vivaldi: Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patres from Gloria
for practice purposes, audio samples are the piano accompaniments only:Bach: Bist du bei mir
Brahms: Sonntag, Op. 47, No. 3
Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op.94, No. 4
Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86, No. 2
Mozart: Dalla Sua Pace from Don Giovanni
Faure: Pie Jesu from the Requiem
Schubert: Einsamkeit from Die Winterreise, Op. 89
Dvorak: Lament, Op 85. No. 6
Faure: Sicilienne
Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen from Lieder eines Fahrenden
Saint-Saens: The Tourney of King John
Vivaldi: Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patres from Gloria
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Written for International Horn Society President, Andrew Pelletier and inspired by the writing of John Howard Bryant and Abraham Lincoln, Songs of Liberty for Horn and Piano commemorates the summer of 2020 and also looks back to the year of 1860-two very complex and challenging periods in U.S. history. The two movements are: I. Bold Champions: We Cannot Escape History! II. Lincoln and Liberty Learn More -
$10.00This wonderful CD features the performance of Thomas and Tricia Jöstlein, horns and Yeon-Kynug Kim, piano and showcases the following pieces (all available in the Faust Music catalog.) Program and Performance notes: Click HERE. Biographical information available HERE.
SINGING SMOOTH MELODIES ON THE HORN!
Sights and Sounds of the Symposium-for Two Horns and Piano-Randall Faust
I. The Bell Tower at Sunrise
II. A Rondo for the Morning Run
THE SOLO HORNIST Twelve Solos for Horn and Piano-arr. Marvin Howe
• Bach: Bist du bei mir
• Brahms: Sonntag, Op. 47, No. 3
• Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op. 94, No. 4
• Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86, No. 2
• Mozart: Dalla Sua Pace from Don Giovanni
• Faure: Pie Jesu from the Requiem
• Schubert: Einsamkeit from Die Winterreise, Op. 89
• Dvorak: Lament, Op 85. No. 6
• Faure: Sicilienne
• Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen from Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
• Saint-Saens: The Tourney of King John
• Vivaldi: Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patres from Gloria
Romanza for Horn and Piano-Randall Faust
Epitaph for Ellen Campbell for Horn and Piano-Randall Faust
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Since 1950, the standard beginning Method Book for Horn. Well ordered and refined presentations of the concepts of tone production, articulation, transposition, and bass-clef reading. A good introduction to major and minor keys through many smooth melodies and duets. This is a source of many popular lip slur exercises.Grade: 1-4
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$49.95The composition, Celtic Octet by Kazimierz Machala is a fine addition to mixed wind and string chamber music repertoire. Joining his previous editions of Celtic Scents written and arranged for Orchestra, Symphonic Band and for Woodwind Quintet with Guitar and Double Bass, this new edition for Octet for Winds and Strings adds another opportunity to program this most enjoyable work! Instrumentation:Clarinet in B-flatHorn in FBassoonViolin 1Violin 2ViolaVioloncelloDouble Bass Learn More -
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This collection: Solo Studies for the Healthy Hornist contains ten solos of varying styles. Specifically written for the younger student in mind, the studies in this book will be interesting and challenging to more advanced players as well. When I retired from Western Illinois University in 2018, the focus of my teaching changed. No longer was I working with graduate students-or even undergraduate students who were doing more advanced projects on Wagner Tuba or the Natural Horn; many of my students, then, were in the younger years of high school or junior high school. So, even though I was older, I was spending more time with younger students. So, as I was spending more time teaching these younger students, I became more attuned to their activities in band, dance, and various athletic pursuits. As a result, let me give special thanks to these students who provided inspiration and test runs of these solo studies: Noah, Ernesto, Jack, Elena, Emily, Anabelle, Lorelei, Brooks, and Carter. Their energy and imagination have been an inspiration for these Solo Studies. Learn More -
$24.95Horn players need to transpose, yet until now, there has not been a complete method devoted to teaching this essential skill. This method begins by explaining why horn parts need to be transposed and then uses this historical information to provide the hornist with a concrete strategy to master transposition. After building skills through exercises, excerpts from the horn literature are presented for practical application. Helpful transposition tips, practice techniques, and musical advice enhance the musical examples. Learn More -
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New and accessible studies based on each of the intervals from the Minor Second through the Major Seventh. Grade: 4 Learn More
