the art of french horn playing by philip farkas pdf

So based on the dates of these two letters, I think it is a pretty good bet to say this record was made sometime during late 1966 or sometime in 1967. The second letter, dated in 1968 during my freshman year at Texas Tech, he makes some very interesting comments about the difficulties he encountered trying to record “French Horn Solos.” I had apparently just received my copy of the record and wrote to congratulate him. In the first letter, dated in 1966, he admits he had done no recordings at that point but hoped to some day.

I hope you enjoy them as they are a peek back in time at one of our great all time horn players and teachers. I am attaching PDF copies of two of the letters I received from him regarding his recordings. Being somewhat of a “Pack Rat,” I saved all of these letters and recently pulled them out of storage. He was always very prompt about sending a reply back, faithfully typed out on his typewriter. I wound up studying with Anthony Brittin at Texas Tech which worked out very well for me.Īnyway, during those high school years I wrote many letters to Philip Farkas.

I lived in Texas at the time and ultimately couldn’t afford the out-of-state tuition at Indiana.

My biggest desire was to go to Indiana and study with him. I lived, breathed, and digested his book “The Art of French Horn Playing” and anything I could find or read about him. I was a high school student back in the late 60’s and Philip Farkas was my “horn” hero. I think I can shed some light on the topic. You had a post back in August on your Web blog called “Another Classic LP: Philip Farkas, French Horn Solos.” In this blog you wondered when this recording was made. McIlroy contacted me with the following message, quoted here by permission. Recently I received an amazingly generous correspondence from Ron McIlroy ofīurnsville, MN. As it turns out I was a little bit off in my guess, and I now have some more detailed information about the recording. I briefly described the album, and included a short sound clip, but was unable to pin down exactly when the recording was made, guessing sometime in the early 1960s. Several months ago I wrote a post titled Another Classic LP: Philip Farkas, French Horn Solos.

The art of french horn playing by philip farkas pdf