Vibrations: The Adventures and Musical Times of David Amram. London and Sydney: MacDonald & Co., 1983. The French Horn: Some Notes on the Evolution of the Instrument and of its Technique. The Horn: A Guide to the Modern Instrument. The Horn and Horn-playing and the Austro-Bohemian Tradition, 1680-1830. Have a favorite horn or music book that you don’t see here? Comment below and let me know what’s on your short list.
Additionally, any one of these would make an excellent holiday gift for a horn player. I intentionally left out method books, such as The Art of French Horn Playing by Philip Farkas and many others, because they could easily constitute their own list (perhaps in a future post). Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting individual reviews on some of the newer titles, including Letters from Lines and Spaces, a collection of letters to and from Terry Johns, who performed in the horn sections of the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (cover image above linked from the book’s page on and it’s also available in Kindle format on ). Some are brand new, while others have become classics in the literature. Some are written from a somewhat humorous – but still informative – perspective, while others are written in a more serious historical/musicological style. It obviously doesn’t contain everything, but includes books that I’ve personally read and would recommend to horn players. Looking for some horn or music related reading? Consider this short list I put together for our studio class this semester.
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