for Pianoforte and Horn or Violoncello-Beethoven wrote his Horn Sonata op. 17 for Johann Wenzel one of the most famous horn players of his day. According to an anecdote from Beethoven's pupil Ferdinand Ries he only completed it on the day before the première. Nevertheless the piece was a rousing success.As the horn part demands a masterly technique the publisher of the first print Tranquillo Mollo et Comp. issued the piece in 1801 with an alternative part for violoncello. Since the autograph score has not survived Jonathan Del Mar has based his scholarly-critical edition mainly on this first print.Misha Donat provides an informative Foreword on the work’s history and genesis (Eng/Ger) and theedition is rounded off by a Critical Commentary (Eng) with a complete description of the sources as well as a page in facsimile.

Guillaume Balay (1871-1943) served in the French military as a prolific Cornet player having won first place in the 1894 Cornet Award competition at the National Academy of Music in Paris. His compositions were popular in the Cornet and brass repertoire at the time including his Prélude Et Ballade adaptable to Cornet or Saxhorn with Piano accompaniment. This Balay work remains within the brass repertoire to this day and is suitable for intermediate to advanced level players. The Prélude is in 4/4 meter and exploits the full range of the instruments. There is also much use of flourishingsemiquaver passages. The Ballade is a much more measured than the first movement and is in 2/4 time. The texture is predominantly melody-dominated homophony with the occasional use of call-and-response between the melody instrument and Piano accompaniment. This quirky two-movement piece by Balay provides the intermediate to advanced Cornet or Saxhorn player with a fun alternative performance piece.

Cor En Fa Et Piano-Contemporary Italian-French composer Armando Ghidoni brings together influences of both Italy and France in his music. Also as an expert on jazz the harmonies and rhythms of the composer's works reflect a huge diversity Poésie Gaîté for French Horn and Piano being no exception. Ghidoni is significant within the contemporary French music school and his works are regularly chosen as set pieces for leading national and international competitions. Poésie Gaîté reflects Ghidoni's mastery of a range of instruments and is suitable for intermediatestandard Horn players. With a typical performance lasting about 5 minutes and 15 seconds  Poésie Gaîté is an exciting addition to the French Horn repertoire.

Mozart's Horn Concertos are host to some of his most celebrated and playful melodies and are presented here in an authoritative yet affordable edition. Edited by Barry Tuckwell the most prominent French Horn player of hisgeneration parts have been included here for both the French Horn and the Natural Horn with a Piano reduction providing a full performance accompaniment.Horn Concerto No.1 is available - catalogue number HL50485603 HornConcerto No.2 is available - catalogue number HL50485604 Horn Concerto No.4 is available - catalogue number HL50485606.

Mozart's Horn Concertos are host to some of his most celebrated and playful melodies and are presented here in an authoritative yet affordable edition. Edited by Barry Tuckwell the most prominent French Horn player of hisgeneration parts have been included here for both the French Horn and the Natural Horn with a Piano reduction providing a full performance accompaniment.Horn Concerto No.2 is available - catalogue number HL50485604 HornConcerto No.3 is available - catalogue number HL50485605 Horn Concerto No.4 is available - catalogue number HL50485606.

Timeless Cornish Melodies-As I sit myself down to write this brief foreword I ask myself can there be music more stirring than these old Cornish folk melodies? Though not Cornish myself (I confess to being born a little further up the road in Bristol) I feel I have spent sufficient time in these 'ere parts to resonate with the sturdy brass band tradition that continues to permeate this incomparably beautiful rugged county. One can almost detect a French 'accent' when listening to the piano music of Debussy and likewise speaking as a lapsed brass player there is undoubtedly something of the Cornish twang about Trelawny when played on a cornet or euphonium. Then again one gets a different yetentirely convincing effect upon hearing these melodies rendered on woodwind instruments; hence with a little gamesmanship on my part I am pleased to see my collection of these fifteen delectable ditties come to fruition in the form of arrangements for treble clef brass instruments (in B flat and E flat) trombone and tuba (bass clef) horn in F flute clarinet and bassoon.While many will find themselves humming the likes of Going up Camborne Hill Lamorna or The Helston Furry Dance even before they have turned to the first page - for these are indelibly intertwined with Cornish culture I wonder if I might draw your attention to The Cornish Squire The Pool of Pilate and Cold Blows the Wind Today Sweetheart which are quite simply sublime melodies perhaps needing that extra bit of help in bringing them to mind nowadays. In the best tradition of musical hand-me-downs Cornish folk music works equally ideally sung and played and only by doing so on a regular basis can such traditions hope to continue forward with vigour and authority. A legitimate way of achieving this is to revitalise the harmonic scheme of these ancient tunes and bring them up to date for a modern audience; after all it was such an approach that fuelled the imagination of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams in decades past while skilfully paying homage to the