Horn
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Repertoire examples for Horn, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, P. 160), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for Horn. Playlist available here on Spotify.
“Bach, Brandenburg, Concerto No. 1, 1st movt., Minuet II.
Haydn, Symphony No. 51, 2nd movt., finale.
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 (K. 550), 3rd movt., Trio.
Weber, Concertino for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 45, (cadenza includes an early example of one type of multiphonic).
Beethoven, Third Symphony, 3rd movt. (Scherzo), Trio.
Mendelssohn, Nocturne from Midsummer Night's Dream music, beginning.
Brahms, Second Piano Concerto, beginning; First Symphony, last movt., beginning of Piu Andante section; Third Symphony, 3rd movt., meas. 40-52 and 98-110; Fourth Symphony, 2nd movt., beginning and many other passages.
Tchaikovsky, Fifth Symphony, 2nd movt., beginning.
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, section II (“Variazioni”), beginning.
Dvorak, Ninth Symphony (New World), 1st movt., beginning of Allegro molto following introduction; last movt., 11 bars after figure 6, also numerous other passages.
Strauss, Don Juan, measure 311; Till Eulenspiegel, meas. 6; Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier, especially beginning.
Mahler, Third Symphony, beginning.
Debussy, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, 5 bars after figure 5 to the end.
Ravel, Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, beginning.
Shostakovich, Fifth Symphony, 2nd movt., at figures 54, 56, 70, and 72.
Hanson, First Symphony, 2nd and 3rd movts. in particular.
Britten, Serenadefor Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31.
Stravinsky, Requiem Canticles, “Libera me.”
Musgrave, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, horn parts throughout (both solo and orchestral); Night Music. Ligeti, Melodien, meas. 71-91. ”
