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International Horn Society

International Horn Society

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The International Horn Society (IHS) is an international organization dedicated to players of the horn founded in June 1970. Its goal is to promote horn playing, education and fellowship. The society aims to bring together horn players, educators, and enthusiasts from around the world to share knowledge and experience. It has over 3500 members from 55 countries.[1]

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The society's activities include holding workshops, lectures, and seminars that are open to the public, publishing a journal and newsletters that feature materials related to the horn.[2] The IHS encourages composers and arrangers to write music featuring the horn, and fosters competitions for new repertoire featuring the horn.[2][3] According to the academic Erin Mullen, writing in 2004, the society's efforts to encourage composition, "along with the more personal endeavors of a few enterprising composers, have greatly increased the number of high-quality works written for the horn in recent years".[3]

It holds an annual symposium, and publishes a journal, The Horn Call.[4]: 5 [5] It established and maintains an archive and research facility pertaining to the horn. The society also works closely with music teachers and presents honors and recognition for distinctive service relating to the horn.[2]

One of the first actions of the society, under the presidency of Barry Tuckwell, was to promote the use of the English word "horn" rather than "French horn" for the instrument.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "About the IHS". IHS Online. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  2. [2]
    "History - IHS Online". www.hornsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  3. [3]
    Erin Mullen (2004). "Review: Suite for Horn and Piano [1956] by Alec Wilder: Suite (Twelve Duets) for Horn and Tuba [1978] by Alec Wilder: Horn Sonata [1983; rev. 1993] by Robert Baksa: Horn! for Horn in F and Piano by Thomas Benjamin: Sonata for Horn and Piano by Margaret Brouwer". Notes. Second Series. 60 (3): 801–804. JSTOR 4487245.
  4. [4]
    John Humphries (2000). The Early Horn: A Practical Guide. Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521632102.
  5. [5]
    Charles E. Lindahl (1976). "Music Periodicals: Woodwind and Brass". Notes. 32 (3): 558–566. doi:10.2307/898004. JSTOR 898004.
  6. [6]
    Verne Reynolds (1983). "Review: Sonata, op. 17, for French Horn and Piano by Ludwig van Beethoven and Barry Tuckwell: Trois Hommages: Intermezzo, Pavane, Chanson, for Horn(s) and Piano (1942) by Gunther Schuller: Sonate for Horn Og klaver, op. 24 by Trygve Madsen". Notes. Second Series. 39 (3): 698–699. JSTOR 940172.

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