First Year Seminar World of Musical Instruments Discussion 11/01

In what well-known musical composition did J.S. Bach first use horns?

What extra-musical association has long been linked to the horn?

Which of these works by George Frederic Handel is mentioned in the article because of its use of horns

For whom did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart write his four horn concerti?

Who made the first Inventionshorn? (Along with Johann Werner)

Which of these description most closely describes an "Inventionshorn"

For what musician did Ludwig van Beethoven write his horn sonata?

According to Hiebert, what are the two forms or shapes of the horn commonly known in the baroque era?

Composers of horn music in Dresden wrote occasional “non-series”otes. How did horn players likely play these notes?

What name was sometimes given to the horn in France in Baroque period?

When did the first method book, "The Compleat Tutor for the French Horn", appear

What were the two common registral distinctions for horn playing in the late 18th century?

What was Anton Joseph Hampel’s position in the Dresden orchestra when he arrived in1737?

Who was the musician in J.S. Bach’s orchestra who doubled on both horn and trumpet?

Who was the leading maker of horns in Vienna in the early 18th century?

For what aspect of his playing was the hornist Giovanni Punto sometimes criticized?

In which of the two registral distinctions was hand-stopping first introduced?

What was the name of the horn Count Franz Anton Sporck introduced?

Who were the two hornists whose method books first mentioned hand-stopping? (Last names)

Which of these developments with regard to the horn served to separate it from the trumpet in the 18th century?

According to Hiebert, which of these is a characteristic the horn shared with the trumpet in the Baroque Era?

What was the most useful key for horns in the early 18th century?

Hampel is often considered the “inventor” of hand-stopping on the horn. Which of these purposes was hand-stopping used?