This month's trivia will focus on horn players and their relationship with composers! See if you can answer these three questions!
- We know that Mozart wrote the majority of his horn music for horn virtuoso and family friend, Joseph Ignaz Leutgeb, but what other famous horn soloist did Mozart compose music for?
- We know that Richard Strauss dedicated the piano reduction of his Concerto #1 to his famous horn-playing father, Franz Strauss, but who was the player who is honored with the dedication of the orchestral score?
- American composer Alec Wilder mostly composed for his close friends, in the classical, jazz and popular music worlds. The majority of his horn music was composed for one player, who was also his best friend in music school! Who was this hornist?
Bonus Question: One of the first recordings of the music of Alec Wilder featured wind soloists and ensemble music conducted by which unlikely maestro?
Send your answers to hornandmore@hornsociety.org. Three prizes (score and parts to the brand-new, exciting Jazztets Vol.3 by Steve Schaughency from Phoenix Music Publications) will be offered from a drawing of those with correct answers to the first three questions. Correct answers to the bonus question along with 1,2, and 3 will have their names entered twice into the drawing. Our thanks to IHS president and horn history buff, Andrew Pelletier for supplying the questions for this month’s trivia quiz!
