University, Cleveland Institute, Kansas City Conservatory, De Paul University, and Roosevelt University. His pupils included Douglas Hill and Paul Marcotte. Farkas held many clinics and performed as a soloist nationwide. He founded the Wind Music Inc. publishing company. He partnered with Chicago trumpeter Renold Schilke in the founding of Schilke Music Products and as consultants to the musical instrument division of Yamaha. He received a doctorate in music, presented by Eastern Michigan University in April 1978. He designed the top-selling Holton-Farkas horn made by the Frank Holton Company and a large selection of mouthpieces. He wrote and published four best-selling books to help French horn players, brass players, and all musicians improve in the art. His first book, The Art of French Horn Playing, is nicknamed the bible of horn players. He continued to practice his horn every day until his death on December 21, 1992 at the age of 78. See also Embouchure References Published works Biography External links Website about the Holton Farkas horn Biography from the International Horn Society Biography from IU Cook Music Library 1914 births 1992 deaths American classical horn players 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century American musicians Summit Records artists