If you read German, I imagine that the book is quite useful, as it
contains all
kinds of good stuff. From what I understand, other translations of
the book
are in progress but not in any hurry.
Chris, translating Michael Hoeltzel's "Hohe Schule des Horns" was
indeed a lengthy process, as the book contains more text than most
horn methods. I think readers will find that the coverage of
cadenzas is up to Hoeltzel's usual exhaustive level: he gives two
pages of guidelines of how to compose an original cadenza, and then
follows this with sixteen pages of sample cadenzas for concerti by
Mozart, J. Haydn, M. Haydn, Rosetti, Danzi, and Stamitz. Throughout
the book Hoeltzel gives detailed answers to questions that are given
short shrift in many other methods: how to practice, how to shape
music, which horn to use when, and how to approach music of different
styles/epochs.
Anyone interested in reading about these topics in English won't need
to wait much longer. I sent the completed MS off to Mainz this past
November, and corrected the proofs at the end of December. Schott was
aiming to introduce "Mastery of the French Horn" at the Frankfurt
Musikmesse, which opens on the 29th of this month.
Bill Melton
Hauset (B) / Sinfonie Orchester Aachen (D)
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