Resource Guide for the Horn
Scores are shelved under M, alphabetically by composer within each class number. Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings. Remember, though, many scores may be checked out or kept at the off-campus Library Service Center. Always check in Webcat, Fondren’s online catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of horn music.
Solo unaccompanied
M80 -- Collections of original and arranged works
M81 -- Collections of original works
M82 -- Separate works, original
M83 -- Collections of arranged works
M84 -- Separate works, arranged
Solo with piano
M255 -- Collections of original and arranged works
M256 -- Collections of original works
M257 -- Separate works, original
M258 -- Collections of arranged works
M259 -- Separate works, arranged
Solo with full orchestra
M1028 -- Full scores
M1029 -- Piano reductions
Solo with string orchestra
M1128 -- Full scores
M1129 -- Piano reductions
Chamber music
M288, 289 -- Two wind instruments
M317, 417, 517 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two
(three, four etc.) wind instruments
M322, 422, 522 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two
(three, four etc.) string(s) plus wind(s)
M357, 457, 557 (etc.) -- Wind trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)
M357.4, 457.4, 557.4 (etc.) -- Brass trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)
Orchestral music
M1001 -- Symphonies
M1002 -- Symphonic poems
M1003 -- Variations, suites
M1004 -- Overtures
ML History and Literature
ML933 -- General books on brass instruments
ML955 -- General books on the horn
ML956 -- Horn construction
ML958 -- Horn playing
MT Instructional works
MT420 -- General instructional works on the horn
MT422 -- Systems and methods
MT425 -- Studies and exercises
MT426 -- Orchestral studies
PERIODICAL LITERATURE
Horn Call ML955 .I5
Selected Bibliography of Literature and Repertoire Lists
Hernon, Michael. French Horn Discography. 1986. ML156.4 .H7 H5 1986
Marshall, Robert. Dennis Brain on Record: A Comprehensive Discography. 1996.
ML156.7 .B73 M37 1996
McBeth, Amy. A Discography of 78-rpm Era Recordings of the Horn.
ML156.4 .H7 M33 1997
Wilkins, Wayne. An index of French horn music. 1978.
Mus. Ref. ML 128 .H67 W5 1978
Wilkins, Wayne. Supplement to the index of French horn music. 1978.
Mus. Ref. ML 128 .H67 W52 1978
Basic Histories
Humphries, John. The Early Horn: A Practical Guide. 2000. ML955 .H86 2000
Janetzky, Kurt, and Bernhard Brüchle. The Horn. 1988 ML955 .J313 1988
Morley-Pegge, Reginald. The French Horn. 1960 ML95 .M67
Tuckwell, Barry. Horn. ML955 .T82 2002
Instructional Texts
Farkas, Philip. The Art of French Horn Playing. 1956. MT420 .F37
_____. The Art of Brass Playing. 1962. ML339 .F27
_____. The Art of Musicianship. 1976. MT75 .F37
Gardner, Randy C. Mastering the Horn's Low Register. 2002. MT425 .G37 2002
_____. Extended Techniques for the Horn. 1983. MT420 .H4 E9 1983.
Reynolds, Verne. The Horn Handbook. 1997. MT420 .R49 1997
Schuller, Gunther. Horn Technique. 2d ed. 1992. MT420 .S35 1992
Yancich, Milan. A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing. 1971. MT422 .Y36 P7 1971
Pictorial Histories
Brüchle, Bernhard, and Kurt Janetzky. Kulturgeschichte des Horns. 1976. Ref
ML955 .B75
Facsimiles
Das Horn bei Mozart = Mozart and the Horn. 1980. Non-circ ML96.4 .M939 1980
Biography
Pettitt, Stephen. Dennis Brain: A Biography. 2d ed. 1989. ML419 .B72 P5 1989
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