Chamber Music Horn octet
SKU: PR.114409150
A Celebration for 8
Horns in F. Composed
by Samuel Adler. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 1996.
19+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2 pages.
Duration 1:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-40915. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114409150).
UPC:
680160013876. 8.5 x 11
inches.
Composed
for the Eastman Horn
Choir, which commissioned
the work as a fanfare to
premiere at the 25th
Annual Convention of the
International Horn
Society. A slow, stately
opening leads to a joyous
second section based on
the famous tune of
Brahms’ horn
trio.
“Brahmsian
a†is dedicated to
the Eastman Horn Choir
and its director Peter
Kurau, who commissioned
it as a fanfare for the
start of the 25th annual
convention of the
International Horn
Society. It was
written in February 1997
and premiered at the
convention that June.Â
A slow, stately opening
reminiscent of a French
Overture (because of its
dotted rhythms) leads to
a joyous second section
based on the famous tune
of the Brahms Horn
Trio. This tune is
exploited until it has
played itself out, and
giving way to a shortened
version of the opening,
which is combined with
one of the contrapuntal
themes stemming from the
main body of the
work. —Samuel
Adler.