The Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meucci, Renato.

Contributor:

Rocchetti, Gabriele.

Series:

Yale Musical Instrument Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horn (Musical instrument)--History.

Horn (Musical instrument).

Horn music.

Horn players.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (645 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"A fascinating account of one of music history's most ancient, varied and distinctive instruments. From its origins in animal horn instruments in classical antiquity to the emergence of the modern horn in the seventeenth century, the horn appears wherever and whenever humans have made music. Its haunting, timeless presence endures to this day in jazz and film music, as well as in orchestral settings. In this welcome addition to the Yale Musical Instrument series, Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti trace the origins of the modern horn in all its variety. From its emergence in Turin and the development of its political and diplomatic functions across European courts, to the revolutionary invention of valves, the horn has presented in innumerable guises and forms. Aided by musical examples and newly discovered sources, Meucci and Rocchetti's book offers a comprehensive account of an instrument whose history is as rich and complex as its music." -- Dust jacket.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Figures

List of Musical Examples

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Foreword

PART I

1 Preliminary Note on Roman Military Instruments

2 EARLY HORNS AND CALLS

3 THE COILED TROMPE

4 SPIRAL INSTRUMENTS

5 EARLY FRENCH HUNTING FANFARES

6 HOOPED MODELS

7 PRESERVED INSTRUMENTS

8 VON SPORCK AND THE TROMPE DE CHASSE

9 THE NATURAL HUNTING HORN (JAGDWALDHORN)

10 TRUMPET AND HORN PLAYERS

11 THE NATURAL HORN AT ITS ZENITH (ORCHESTERWALDHORN)

12 DUETS

13 FOUR CASE STUDIES: VIVALDI, BACH, HANDEL, TELEMANN

14 INSTRUMENTS' NAMES IN THE BAROQUE ERA

PART II

15 The Classic Era

16 NEW CROOK SYSTEMS

17 THE CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

18 THE HEYDAY OF THE HAND HORN

19 TRANSITIONAL SYSTEMS

PART III

20 Valve Horns

21 FURTHER VALVE SYSTEMS

22 REPORTS BY CONTEMPORARIES

23 EARLY MUSIC LITERATURE

24 VALVE DISSEMINATION: A REGIONAL OVERVIEW

25 A FEW LEADING COMPOSERS

26 DOUBLE HORN

27 THE HORN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

28 THE REPERTOIRE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

29 THE PRESENT-DAY HORN

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Appendix I NOTATION

Appendix II HIGH VS. LOW HORN IN HAYDN'S SYMPHONIES

NOTES TO PART I

1 PRELIMINARY NOTE ON ROMAN MILITARY INSTRUMENTS

NOTES TO PART II

15 THE CLASSIC ERA

NOTES TO PART III

20 VALVE HORNS

28 THE REPERTOIRE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-300-27495-5

OCLC:

1412751193