Title: why is the french horn in the woodwind quintet? - A COMPREHENSIVE WOODWIND CHAMBER MUSIC REPERTOIRE LIST
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why is the french horn in the woodwind quintet?
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Content: Hand in Bell: Most French horn players support the horn by sticking their hand in the bell. According to McAnulty College's School of Music, this also mutes the tone and gives the French horn the mellower, distant tone for blending with woodwinds." Source: Horn Planet: History of the French Horn
Chicago International Music Foundation: Questions About Woodwind Quintet
McAnulty School of Music: French Horn Information
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Karly
10/14/2017 08:42:17 pm
Simple answer, the saxophone didn't exist when composers were writing woodwind quintets so the only thing available to use was the F Horn.