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Brass Bulletin x International Horn Society
Through this collaboration, the International Horn Society introduces its members to the Brass Bulletin Digital Archive, with a dedicated subscription option created for the horn community.
Why It Matters to Horn Players
For more than three decades, Brass Bulletin documented the evolution of horn performance, teaching, repertoire, instrument making and orchestral traditions through contributions from leading performers, educators and researchers.
Today, that material is being digitized, structured and made searchable for a new generation of musicians.
Horn articles
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300 Years of the Horn – Part 2, End
in the Dresden Court Orchestra
By Peter Damm
From Dresden’s court musicians to Hampel’s hand-horn technique, virtuoso players and court repertoire shaped a decisive shift in horn playing and orchestral writing.
300 Years of the Horn – Part 1
1680-1980, an attempted survey
By Peter Damm
From Versailles to Bohemia, hunting horns enter orchestral life through makers, players, early works and the Austro-Bohemian tradition.
300 Years of the Horn in Bohemia
By Kurt Janetzky
An unsigned portrait from the Dresden court links the rise of Bohemian horn playing to the ceremonial world of Baroque hunting culture.
Zen and the Art of Horn playing – Part 4, End
By Jeffrey Agrell
From meditation to distance running, horn playing becomes a way of quieting mental noise, linking breath, concentration, and daily life.
Barry Tuckwell
Interview
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
Between the London Symphony Orchestra, international solo tours and Mozart or Strauss concertos, Barry Tuckwell reflects on sound, risk and musical instinct.
Zen and the Art of Horn playing – Part 3
By Jeffrey Agrell
Between breath, reflex, and attention, Jeffrey Agrell links Zen practice with the physical and mental habits that shape brass playing.
The Leningrad School of Horn Playing
By Frøydis Ree Wekre
From St. Petersburg to the Soviet era, generations of horn players shaped a distinctive approach to sound, interpretation, and orchestral playing.
Dreams and wishes
Things I would like to see happen concerning the horn and horn playing
By Jeffrey Agrell
A set of proposals for the future of the horn: Jeffrey Agrell addresses editions, pedagogy, instruments, and repertoire—from Mozart to contemporary practice.
Zen and the Art of Horn playing – Part 2
By Jeffrey Agrell
Beyond technique: Jeffrey Agrell explores the clash between intellect and intuition—arguing that true musical expression begins where analysis ends.
Zen and the Art of Horn playing – Part 1
By Jeffrey Agrell
Beyond technique: Jeffrey Agrell explores how Zen challenges Western thinking—revealing a new path to awareness, focus, and deeper musical experience in horn playing.
On the question of articulation in the horn concertos by W. A. Mozart
By Peter Damm
How should Mozart really sound? Peter Damm questions traditional editions and reveals how articulation—often missing—must be rebuilt through style, listening, and musical judgment.
My contacts with the United States – Part 2, End
About horns and how to play them
By Michael Höltzel
Double horn, descant, natural horn — which path? This article explores American vs German approaches and what it means to train a complete horn player.