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  • Locking Horns
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    John Humphries

    Locking Horns

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    Instrument: horn in F duets (1 bklt x 2)
    Grade: easy—medium
    Catalogue No: 1820
    ISMN No: 9790570661831

    All the pieces in this collection are designed so that the less experienced player can play the "Horn 1" part. Some are new, some are old favourites, and all the pieces are ideal for use in instrumental lessons, or simply for friends to enjoy playing. The players and listeners are encouraged go beyond the notes and conjure up vibrant and evocative images in their minds.

    ...On the Mean Streets • Things that go Bump....• Double Agent • Wild Mountain Thyme • My Newt Waltz • Country Gardens • Tango for Two • Dance of the Little Swans • Charlie's Rag • Funeral March of a Marionette • Black and Blue
    John Humphries
    John Humphries was born in Sheffield, and read Music at Oxford University. Subsequently he attended London's Guildhall School of Music, where he studied the natural horn with Anthony Halstead. His editions of horn music have been performed by many of the world's leading horn players, including Barry Tuckwell, Michael Thompson, Eric Ruske, Anthony Halstead, Stephen Stirling, Frank Lloyd, Javier Bonet and Raul Diaz and his reconstructions of Mozart's incomplete horn concerto movements have been praised for their "polish, authenticity, good scholarship and talent".

    He is also well known as an arranger. One of his arrangements appears on the legendary London Horn Sound CD while others have been played worldwide by "The Wallace Collection". His arrangements for young players appear on all the main examination syllabuses in the UK.

    As a writer, he has contributed booklet notes for many CDs and programme notes for hundreds of concerts. He has contributed articles and reviews for "The Horn Call", "The Horn Magazine" and "Brass Bulletin". His book, "The Early Horn", was published by Cambridge University Press in 2000 and has been described as "a superb book" "packed with usefulness" "Rarely can anything have been written on the early history of the horn that is quite as accessible and flowing." John is also a teacher and an examiner. He lives in Surrey, England with his wife, son and daughter and his hobbies include collecting brass instruments and repairing them.

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