The story I heard is that the English got it from the French, so that's why it's called a French Horn. If you want to be blunt, only the English language as far as I know has the term French Horn. Italians, Germans, and even the French themselves have a different term for it. In fact, it's mostly something like "Cor, or Corno, or Corni" (I have to brush up on my foreign languages). I even think the Scots just called it a hoorn. I could be dead wrong on that but I have seen that on a piece of music before.
I have no idea how the term English Horn came into being though. Maybe the English wanted to claim what they thought was theirs? :) What is the Horn in Japanese? I'd like to know that... -William P.S. Feel free to correct me if I'm totally wrong :) In a message dated 6/15/2004 7:29:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear all, Since i just join this group for few days. I am not sure if you have talked about this topic. But i can't answer my friends question about Why French horn is called French horn. I could only ask another question: Why french fries is called french fries? And i have a silly answer: Because there is an instrument called "English Horn", there should be an instrument called "French horn". That's all i know about their nationality. I think you would have more ideas and historical fact about this topic. Would you share with me? CCC _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
