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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">==What in tarnation is a "horn"?==  

We can speak of //natural horns// and //valved horns//. Natural horns have no valves, and are naturally near the harmonic series in their series of tones:

* 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.

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We can speak of &lt;em&gt;natural horns&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;valved horns&lt;/em&gt;. Natural horns have no valves, and are naturally near the harmonic series in their series of tones:&lt;br /&gt;

  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;György Ligeti's &lt;em&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008UVCE/103-4149462-7074248?v=glance&amp;amp;n=5174" rel="nofollow"&gt;Hamburg Concerto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;for horn &amp;amp; chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Epilogue&lt;/em&gt; (1985) from &lt;em&gt;Les Espaces Acoustiques&lt;/em&gt; by Gerard Grisey is for orchestra with 4 solo horns, in a (crystallized) harmonic-series paradigm&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Horn&lt;/em&gt; by Larry Polansky, score featured in Xenharmonikon 14&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/default.cfm?bandid=104245" rel="nofollow"&gt;Joseph Pehrson's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;Harmonic Etude&lt;/em&gt; for solo horn, &lt;em&gt;Nature's Harmony&lt;/em&gt; for two horns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archive.org/details/JeffMorrisEtudeforHorn" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jeff Morris' Etude for Horn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Richard Burdick's &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.i-ching-music.com/FREE102.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;opus 102 Planetary Ripples&lt;/a&gt; (1996) for 16 similar instruments, on a harmonic series up to the 27th partial&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.roberthasegawa.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Robert Hasegawa&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;em&gt;the clear architecture of the nerves&lt;/em&gt; (2000)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bozza, Eugène (1905-1991) &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.alphonseleduc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Dix-Huit Etudes en forme d'Improvisation pour Cor&lt;/a&gt;(1961)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"&gt;microtonal writing on ¼ and ¾ tones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Grabois, Daniel (1964-) &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.danielgrabois.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Quarter Tone Manual for French Horn&lt;/a&gt; (2010) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"&gt;These etudes were written for gradually practicing microtonal notation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kotulan, Jaroslav (1937-) &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.bohne-schulz.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;28 Moderne etüden für waldhorn, heft 2&lt;/a&gt; (1995)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matosinhos, Ricardo - &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ricardomatosinhos.com/12etudes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;12 Jazzy Etudes for Horn&lt;/a&gt; (2010) two of these etudes use quarter tones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Salonen, Esa-Pekka (1958-) &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.chesternovello.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Concert Étude for solo horn in F&lt;/a&gt; (2000)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thompson, Timothy F. (1953-) &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.proquest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Extended Techniques for the Horn An Historial Overview With pratical performance Applications&lt;/a&gt; (1997)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:10:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc5"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Further reading"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:10 --&gt;Further reading&lt;/h2&gt;