Expertly arranged French Horn solo by Richard Strauss from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the 20th Century and Romantic eras.

Expertly arranged French Horn Solo by Richard Strauss from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the 20th Century and Romantic eras.

Expertly arranged French Horn Solo by Camille Saint-Saëns from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the Romantic era.

A collection of exercises, for French Horn, composed by Max P. Pottag.

First to be published in the series was The Art of French Horn Playing by Philip Farkas, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University. In 1956, when Summy-Birchard published Farkas's book, he was a solo horn player for the Chicago Symphony and had held similar positions with other orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Kansas City Conservatory, DePaul University, Northwestern University, and Roosevelt University in Chicago. The Art of French Horn Playing set the pattern, and other books in the series soon followed, offering help to students in learning to master their instruments and achieve their goals.