List of horn players

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This list of horn players and pedagogues includes notable players of French horn, German horn, natural horn, Vienna horn, tenor (alto) horn, and alphorn.

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  • Vitaly Bujanovsky, musician, music teacher and composer (1928–1993) He was the principal horn player at the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky and professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1985 he was elected an IHS Honorary Member.

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  • John Cerminaro, principal New York Philharmonic (1969–79), principal Seattle Symphony 1996–2011
  • Alan Civil, second horn Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (to Dennis Brain), later principal. In 1955, joined the Philharmonia, and in 1957 became principal horn, after the death of Dennis Brain, principal of BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1966 to 1988
  • Dale Clevenger, principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1966 to 2013
  • Thomas Coates, hornist with Pomp's Cornet Band, Easton, Pennsylvania (1840s to 1850s) and conductor, regimental band, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-82)
  • Geoff Collinson, principal horn, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
  • David Cripps, Star Wars original trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983) and Superman (1978 film) principal horn, principal horn London Symphony Orchestra for 10 years.

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  • Stefan Dohr, principal horn, Berlin Philharmonic, hailed as the "king of his instrument". Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music, the Sibelius Academy, and a permanent faculty member at the Herbert von Karajan Academy and the Hochschule für Musik 'Hanns Eisler' in Berlin.
  • Peter Damm, principal horn Dresden Staatskapelle 1969–2002. He is professor of horn at the Carl Maria von Weber music conservatoire.
  • Vincent DeRosa, LA studio player
  • Richard Dunbar, was a player of the French horn, playing in the free jazz scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 29, 1944, and he died suddenly at the age of 61, apparently of a heart attack, on the way to a gig on February 8, 2006.
  • Simon de Souza, professor of horn at the Birmingham Conservatoire
  • Vladimir Djambazov, second horn of the Sofia Philharmonic and composer

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  • Pip Eastop, professor of horn at Royal Academy of Music in London
  • John Entwistle, bass player from The Who, also played horn

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  • Philip Farkas, principal Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1936–41 and 1947–60, Cleveland Orchestra 1941–45 and 1946–47, Boston Symphony 1945–46, also horn professor at Indiana University from 1960–1992

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  • Jacques-François Gallay (1795–1864), French player, academic at the Paris Conservatoire and composer; author of Méthode pour le Cor (1845)
  • Livia Ruth Gollancz (1920–2018), principal horn of the Hallé, BBC Scottish Orchestra and other UK ensembles during the 1940s-50s
  • David Guerrier, French trumpeter and hornist, former professor at CNSM of Lyon

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  • Daniel Katzen, former member of Boston Symphony Orchestra, Associate Professor of Horn at the "University of Arizona School of Music" in Tucson
  • Georg Kopprasch, composer of the Kopprasch Etudes
  • Helen Kotas Hirsch, principal horn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1941-1948), first female brass musician hired by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Peter Kurau, principal Rochester Philharmonic and Professor of Horn at the Eastman School of Music

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  • Martin Owen, principal BBC Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Horn at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music

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Use of the horn in jazz[]

The horn is used only rarely in jazz, but there have been a few notable players:

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