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 ...

In last Thursday’s paper, I had a review of the Berlin Philharmonic — their new recording of Haydn symphonies. Today, a review of just one section of that orchestra: the French horns. This is a famous ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the many cool things about the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Festival, which runs through Feb. 5, is the opportunity it offers orchestra members to shine in the solo spotlight. So often ...

Editor’s note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs “A Life Remembered.” Each story in this continuing series takes a look back — through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others — at a member ...

If you’ve seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you’ve heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. As one of the industry’s busiest French horn musicians, ...

NORTH HAVEN — Susan Spaulding of North Haven recently organized and performed in a series of French horn concerts to benefit MS. The concerts, held in North Haven at Spaulding’s church, Saint John’s ...

Thanks to a social media post and the help of strangers, a Grosse Pointe Park woman will be reunited with a beloved French horn worth $20,000 that was stolen from her in California six years ago.