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38 Intonation Duets

for Horns
Selected from the Horn Methods of
Friedrich Gumpert and Henri Kling

Edited by
John Ericson
Horn Notes Edition
Foreword

Three things set apart the best horn players; a great tone, great musicality, and great intona-
tion.

Toward working on that last goal, the final section of my 2011 publication Ultimate Horn
Technique was a group of tuning duets, selected (“rescued”) from the horn method books of
Gumpert and Kling.

Perhaps the most important German valved horn performer and teacher of the late nineteenth
century was Friedrich Gumpert (1841-1906). He served as professor at the Leipzig Conserva-
tory and as principal hornist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1864 until 1898. His Horn-
Schule was published ca. 1879. All of his publications spell his name as Gumbert, including
the most commonly used edition of the Kopprasch etudes.

Henri Kling (1842-1918) was born in Paris but spent most of his career in Geneva, where he
was professor of horn and solfège at the Geneva Conservatory from 1865 until his death.
Kling was a man of wide interests, which included composition and conducting. His Horn
Schule was, according to his obituary, first published in 1865, and went through at least three
published editions in the nineteenth century.

Kling in his method clearly states that he wants the teacher to play the lower line of these du-
ets and the student the upper, but, as is also noted before the first duet in my edition, I prefer
as a teacher to play the top line and have the student play the bottom line of music. However,
there would be value in either method, with Kling also noting that “Diligent daily practice of
the subjoined scales will be absolutely necessary for the purpose of acquiring a good and pure
tone.” Finally, do feel free to change the octave of either part to better explore and solve into-
nation issues.

John Ericson
Arizona State University

HNE 013 – E-Book © Copyright 2016, Horn Notes Edition, 674 East Maria Lane, Tempe, AZ
85284. International Copyright Secured. This PDF E-book edition may not be shared electronically
or included in any collection of teaching materials without express permission. Horn teachers out
there, it is up to each of us to set a good example for others in regard to copyright law.

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