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Just what is a HORN in the musical sense anyway?
Horns were originally sounding devices made from animal horn. These primitive horns were often used by hunters for signalling. Later on they were made of brass.
Some jazz musicians refer to trumpets as horns. The 'horn' in the Little Boy Blue nursery rhyme was a bugle I think. I've heard of tubas referred to as "big bass horns" and slide trombones called "slip horns". Some people refer to "horns" as brass-wind instruments and saxophones collectively especially in popular music. There is the English horn in classical music but that is actually woodwind closely resembling an oboe. Clarinets have flaring bells but I've never heard them called "horns". Is the flugelhorn a HORN, a TRUMPET or NETHER? CORNET comes from Latin meaning "little horn". Is the archaic crumhorn really a HORN? It appears to have no bell even.
In classical music, HORN can only properly mean FRENCH HORN as HORN in F, single horn, double horn, stopped horn, etc.
Speaking of French horns, there is only about a handful of of pop/rock songs to feature these glorious, lofty and noble sounding instruments.
Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond, 1969, Charles Calello - string, horn and vocal arrangements
If You Leave Me Now, Chicago, 1976, French horns played by Gene Sherry and George Hyde
If I Can't Have You, Yvonne Elliman, 1977 (the only dico number with a horn in F or B-flat?)
Horns were originally sounding devices made from animal horn. These primitive horns were often used by hunters for signalling. Later on they were made of brass.
Some jazz musicians refer to trumpets as horns. The 'horn' in the Little Boy Blue nursery rhyme was a bugle I think. I've heard of tubas referred to as "big bass horns" and slide trombones called "slip horns". Some people refer to "horns" as brass-wind instruments and saxophones collectively especially in popular music. There is the English horn in classical music but that is actually woodwind closely resembling an oboe. Clarinets have flaring bells but I've never heard them called "horns". Is the flugelhorn a HORN, a TRUMPET or NETHER? CORNET comes from Latin meaning "little horn". Is the archaic crumhorn really a HORN? It appears to have no bell even.
In classical music, HORN can only properly mean FRENCH HORN as HORN in F, single horn, double horn, stopped horn, etc.
Speaking of French horns, there is only about a handful of of pop/rock songs to feature these glorious, lofty and noble sounding instruments.
Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond, 1969, Charles Calello - string, horn and vocal arrangements
If You Leave Me Now, Chicago, 1976, French horns played by Gene Sherry and George Hyde
If I Can't Have You, Yvonne Elliman, 1977 (the only dico number with a horn in F or B-flat?)
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