(see also Horn History, Natural Horn)
The Hunting Horn - concise information on the instrument, history, technique, and repertoire by the Koninklijke Antwerpse JachthoornKring
The Hunting Horn - superb treatise on the hunting horn, excerpted at length by Google from the book The Music Topic by Raymond Monelle. The book (304 p., Indiana University Press) covers 3 topics "prominently featured in Western European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral." Order a copy here.
The Hunting Horn and the Trompe de Chasse
Fürst-Pless Horn - Wikipedia article, in German.
Jagdschule Rheinhessen - Jagdhornsignale - German hunting horn site with recorded examples of essential hunting signals for horn, plus downloadable sheet music of the recorded examples.
Hunting Horn Clip Art
Nalda Gilmore, hunting horn maker
Hunting Horn Lamps
YouTube - there are many video examples of hunting horns on YouTube - for a search, use "Jagdhorn" [German for hunting horn] and you'll get more results.
Dissertation: Brown, Thomas. “Clarino Horn, Hunting Horn, and Hand Horn: Their Comparative Roles in the Classic Music of the 18th Century.” D.A. diss., Ball State University, 1978. UMI# 79-18786.
Hunting Horn - instruments
Brass Hunting Horn - cheap, simple (but playable, they say) huntingesque horn for $50 at Amazon.com; $35 here (looks similar from the photo; 10" bell). Lark In the Morning offers a Single Coil Hunting horn (6" bell, 10 1/2" diameter) $46, below L, a Double Coil Hunting Horn in D (6" bell, 10 1/2" diameter) for $62 (depicted below center), as well as a Circular Post Horn (depicted below R), bell width 5", $86.
Hunting Horns - V.F. Cerveny (Amati) makes an
assortment of hunting horns:
If you want to
buy a coach or (fox) hunting horn, the English riding
outfitters Cacutt & Sons Ltd will be glad to sell you a
Henry Keat horn. Lark In the Morning offers a Short English Hunting Horn (that
looks like the Beaufort, below) for $38.
On the other hand, if you just
would like to see a video on this type of hunting horn with
descriptions of the horns and examples of the calls,
click here.
Lark In the Morning offers a parforce horn for $825 (no picture in
their catalog). Key of Bb, green wrap, tuning slide
carry strap.
Pocket Hunting Horn in Bb, green
wrap, $189 from Lark In the
Morning.
Hunting Horn Ensembles
American Hunting
Horn Society
"The AHHS is an organization of enthusiasts drawn together
with a mutual interest in the hunting horn. The AHHS is
dedicated to the performance, teaching, composition,
research, preservation, and promotion of the tradition of
the hunting horn.
Jagdhornverein Windhag
(parforce horns)
Trompes Lyons
Hunting Horn Sheet Music
Robert Ostermeyer
United Music Publishers Ltd
- This link is a pdf file
of UMP's 2009 Horn Catalogue. Hunting Horn has its own
section on page 11.
Hunting Horn CDs
Jagdmusik -
Hunting Music/Jagdmusik/Musique de
Chasse
Musique de Chasse
Hubertusmesse - Bohemian, French
& Austrian Hunting Music for Parforce Horns
