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==What existing music features the horn in a particularly microtonal way?==
==What existing music features the horn in a particularly microtonal way?==
<ul><li>György Ligeti's ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008UVCE/103-4149462-7074248?v=glance&n=5174 Hamburg Concerto]'' "for horn &amp; chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns"</li><li>''Epilogue'' (1985) from ''Les Espaces Acoustiques'' by Gerard Grisey is for orchestra with 4 solo horns, in a (crystallized) harmonic-series paradigm</li><li>''Horn'' by Larry Polansky, score featured in Xenharmonikon 14</li><li>[http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/default.cfm?bandid=104245 Joseph Pehrson's] ''Harmonic Etude'' for solo horn, ''Nature's Harmony'' for two horns</li><li>[http://www.archive.org/details/JeffMorrisEtudeforHorn Jeff Morris' Etude for Horn]</li><li>Richard Burdick's [http://www.i-ching-music.com/FREE102.html opus 102 Planetary Ripples] (1996) for 16 similar instruments, on a harmonic series up to the 27th partial</li><li>[http://www.roberthasegawa.com/ Robert Hasegawa]: ''the clear architecture of the nerves'' (2000)</li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Bozza, Eugène (1905-1991) [http://www.alphonseleduc.com/ Dix-Huit Etudes en forme d'Improvisation pour Cor](1961)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">microtonal writing on ¼ and ¾ tones</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Grabois, Daniel (1964-) [http://www.danielgrabois.com/ Quarter Tone Manual for French Horn] (2010) </span>
* György Ligeti's ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008UVCE/103-4149462-7074248?v=glance&n=5174 Hamburg Concerto]'' "for horn &amp; chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns"
* ''Epilogue'' (1985) from ''Les Espaces Acoustiques'' by Gerard Grisey is for orchestra with 4 solo horns, in a (crystallized) harmonic-series paradigm
* ''Horn'' by Larry Polansky, score featured in Xenharmonikon 14
* [http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/default.cfm?bandid=104245 Joseph Pehrson's] ''Harmonic Etude'' for solo horn, ''Nature's Harmony'' for two horns
* [http://www.archive.org/details/JeffMorrisEtudeforHorn Jeff Morris' Etude for Horn]
* Richard Burdick's [http://www.i-ching-music.com/FREE102.html opus 102 Planetary Ripples] (1996) for 16 similar instruments, on a harmonic series up to the 27th partial
* [http://www.roberthasegawa.com/ Robert Hasegawa]: ''the clear architecture of the nerves'' (2000)
* Bozza, Eugène (1905-1991) [http://www.alphonseleduc.com/ Dix-Huit Etudes en forme d'Improvisation pour Cor] (1961) microtonal writing on ¼ and ¾ tones
* Grabois, Daniel (1964-) [http://www.danielgrabois.com/ Quarter Tone Manual for French Horn] (2010) These etudes were written for gradually practicing microtonal notation.
* Kotulan, Jaroslav (1937-) [http://www.bohne-schulz.de/ 28 Moderne etüden für waldhorn, heft 2] (1995)
* Matosinhos, Ricardo - [http://www.ricardomatosinhos.com/12etudes.html 12 Jazzy Etudes for Horn] (2010) two of these etudes use quarter tones
* Salonen, Esa-Pekka (1958-) [http://www.chesternovello.com/ Concert Étude for solo horn in F] (2000)
* Thompson, Timothy F. (1953-) [http://www.proquest.com/ Extended Techniques for the Horn An Historial Overview With pratical performance Applications] (1997)


<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">These etudes were written for gradually practicing microtonal notation.</span></li><li>Kotulan, Jaroslav (1937-) [http://www.bohne-schulz.de/ 28 Moderne etüden für waldhorn, heft 2] (1995)</li><li>Matosinhos, Ricardo - [http://www.ricardomatosinhos.com/12etudes.html 12 Jazzy Etudes for Horn] (2010) two of these etudes use quarter tones</li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Salonen, Esa-Pekka (1958-) [http://www.chesternovello.com/ Concert Étude for solo horn in F] (2000)</span></li><li>Thompson, Timothy F. (1953-) [http://www.proquest.com/ Extended Techniques for the Horn An Historial Overview With pratical performance Applications] (1997)</li></ul>
== See also ==
==Further reading==
* [[Michael Hugh Dixon]] (aka the Brass Whisperer)
<ul><li>Secor, George D. "An Approach to the Construction of Microtonal Valved Brass Instruments - The French Horn", ''Xenharmonikôn'' vol. 5, spring 1976, pp. 1-3.</li><li>Whaley, David Robert. ''The Microtonal Capability of the Horn''. D.M.A. thesis, University of Illinois, 1975, 154 pages. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor MI, 1975.</li><li>Heim, David Bruce. ''Practical Tuning, Temperament and Conditioning for Hornists and Other Wind Instrumentalists: Understanding and attaining intonational flexibility in musical performance''. Master thesis, University of Tulsa, 1990.</li></ul>


==Notes==
== Notes ==
<ol><li>Jacob Barton, I<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: super;">[[microtonal_horn#note2|(2)]]</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> think</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Mike Battaglia</span></li></ol>
<ol><li>Jacob Barton, I<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: super;">[[microtonal_horn#note2|(2)]]</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> think</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Mike Battaglia</span></li></ol>
== Further reading ==
* Secor, George D. "An Approach to the Construction of Microtonal Valved Brass Instruments - The French Horn", ''Xenharmonikôn'' vol. 5, spring 1976, pp. 1-3.
* Whaley, David Robert. ''The Microtonal Capability of the Horn''. D.M.A. thesis, University of Illinois, 1975, 154 pages. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor MI, 1975.
* Heim, David Bruce. ''Practical Tuning, Temperament and Conditioning for Hornists and Other Wind Instrumentalists: Understanding and attaining intonational flexibility in musical performance''. Master thesis, University of Tulsa, 1990.
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