Horn and Conductor: Reminiscences of a Practitioner

By Harold Meek

Book Overview

In this volume, Harold Meek, former first horn of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, shares anecdotes and insights about the joys and travails of playing under Klemperer, Koussevitzky, Munch, and others. He also brings together some important information about changes in the instrument itself, including a little-known letter from the great British horn virtuoso, Dennis Brain, about the virtues of different makes of horn. A valuable appendix prints interpretively challenging horn passages from three dozen masterpieces, and evaluates the solutions offered in recordings by various prominent conductors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878822837
• ISBN13: 9781878822833
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"