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Horn
First Year:
Technique:
- Concone Lyrical Studies
- Kopprasch Sixty Selected Studies
- Maxime-Alphonse Forty Etudes (Vol. III)
- Mueller 34 Studies, Op. 64
Repertoire:
- Beethoven Sonata, Op. 17
- Corelli-Solodoview Sonata in F Major, Sonata in G Minor
- Bernard Heiden Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb (K.447) Kling Edition
- Franz Strauss Concerto
Skills:
- Sightreading and transposition in E flat, D, C, and B flat basso.
- Scales—major and all forms of minor scales through four sharps and flats.
Departmental Examination:
Based on the above materials as described in the complete list of official requirements to be obtained from the instructor.
Second Year:
Technique:
- Kling Forty Studies
- Gallay Twelve Etudes for Second Horn, Op. 57
- Maxime-Alphonse Twenty Studies (Vol. IV)
Repertoire:
- Bach Cello Suites (Wendell Hoss)
- Haydn Concerto #2
- Hindemith Horn Sonata (1939)
- Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D (K.412) Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb (K.417) (Both Kling Editions)
- Saint-Saens Concertpiece, Op. 94
- Orchestral Excerpts
Skills:
- Sightreading and transposition in E, H (B flat), and alto keys of G, A, and A flat.
- Scales—all major and minor scales
Departmental Examination:
Based on the above materials as described in the complete course of study from the instructor.
Third Year:
Technique:
- Gallay Twelve Grand Caprices, Op. 32
- Maxime-Alphonse Twenty Etudes (Vol. V)
- Gallay Unmeasured Preludes
Repertoire:
- Dukas Villanelle
- Haydn Horn Concerto No. 2 in D
- Hindemith Horn Concerto (1950)
- Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb (K.495) Kling Edition
- R. Strauss Concerto #1, Op. 11
- Orchestral Excerpts
Skills:
- Sightreading and transposition from appropriate orchestral excerpts.
- Selected material demonstrating the technique of lip trill, double and triple tonguing, and hand stopping.
Departmental Examination:
Based on the above materials as described in the complete course of study from the instructor.
Fourth Year:
Technique:
- Gallay Twelve Grand Etudes Brillantes, Op. 43
- Marcel Bitsch Twelve Etudes for Horn
- Verne Reynolds Forty-Eight Etudes
Repertoire:
- Brahms Horn Trio in Eb, Op. 40
- Britten Serenade for Tenor Horn & Strings, Op. 31
- Hindemith Altohorn Sonata
- Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
- Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2, (1943)
- Orchestral Excerpts
Departmental Examination:
Undergraduate recital, 50–60 minutes of music.
