Bruce Lawson can be remembered for bringing some music into the world through his meticulous work of shrinking and expanding brass and applying his engineering background to create different designs.

According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, the French horn in jazz dates back to 1921. By the 1930s, the instrument was popping up on recordings by Bing Crosby and Woody Herman. In the 1940s, Artie ...

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett admitted the band included a French horn on a track from their Black Album without being aware of what the instrument actually was. Hammett and frontman James Hetfield ...

Compare for yourself. Here's what the finale of Brahms' Horn Trio sounds like on the natural (valveless) horn. John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined ...

The movie music maestro was asked to blow a few notes on a French horn. How did he get on? Berlin Philharmonic French horn virtuoso, Sarah Willis, loves her instrument and enjoys sharing the magic ...

Walter Lawson has built French horns in the mountains of Western Maryland for more than 20 years. Horn players in big symphonies around the country swear by them. But he's getting out of the business.

It is one of the most rousing instruments in the orchestra, used to create soaring fanfares and powerful harmonics. However, it seems the beauty of the French horn may be lost on the very musicians ...

The French horn. It’s the heart and soul of any symphony orchestra, and writing for it always brought out the best in Mozart, Brahms, Richard Strauss and so many other great composers. But don’t let ...

He was widely considered to be the finest player of his era and was said to have “inspired every generation of horn player for the past 70 years.” By Neil Genzlinger Barry Tuckwell, considered by many ...