Bibliography of Publications

John Ericson

"The Assistant First Horn in Orchestra and Band," The Horn Call 34, no. 2 (February, 2004), 33-34.

*"Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Schubert's Nachtgesang im Walde and Auf dem Strom, and the Horn Technique of the Lewy Brothers in the 1820s." The Horn Call Annual 8 (1996), 5-14.

"Buzzing on the Mouthpiece." Bandmasters Review 6, issue 2 (December, 2004), 19-20.

"The Case for the Compensating Triple." The Horn Call 36, No. 2 (February, 2006), 86-87.

“The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments.” [Review]. Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), 151-154.

"Crooks and the 19th-Century Horn." The Horn Call 30, no. 1 (November, 1999), 49-58. [Winner of the 2000 Harold Meek Memorial Award of the International Horn Society.]

"The Development of Valved Horn Technique in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany: A Survey of Performers and Works Before 1850 With Respect to the use of Crooks, Right-Hand Technique, Transposition, and Valves." D.M. diss., Indiana University, 1995.

"The Double Horn and Its Invention in 1897." The Horn Call 28, no. 2 (February, 1998), 31-34.

*"Heinrich Stoelzel and Early Valved Horn Technique." The Historic Brass Society Journal 9 (1997), 63-82. [This article is cited in the bibliography of the article on the horn in New Grove II.]

“Historic Brass Society Paris Symposium.” [Report]. The Horn Call 29, no. 1 (August, 1999), 19.

"The Horn Embouchure, Part I." Texas Bandmasters Association Journal 4, no. 2 (December, 2002), 18-20.

“The Horn Embouchure, Part 2.” The Texas Bandmasters Association Journal 4, no. 3 (May 2003), 24-25.

Introducing the Horn: Essentials for New Hornists and Their Teachers. Horn Notes Edition, 2007.

*"Joseph Rudolphe Lewy and Valved Horn Technique in Germany, 1837-1851." The Horn Call Annual 9 (1997), 23-35.

"Lip Balms: Do We Love Our Lips too Much?" Texas Bandmasters Association Journal 3, no. 2 (December, 2001), 20.

A Mello Catechism: A Guide to the World of Mellophones and Marching Horns. Horn Notes Edition, 2007.

"A New ICSOM Audition List Survey." The Horn Call 33, no. 1 (October, 2002), 53-55. 

"Notes on Breathing and Use of Air." Texas Bandmasters Association Journal 3, no. 4 (June, 2002), 11.

"The Original Kopprasch Etudes." The Horn Call 27, no. 2 (February, 1997), 17-21.

"Placing Pitch 'In The Pocket.'" The Horn Call 33, no. 3 (May, 2003), 67-68. This article was reprinted in Bandmasters Review 5, no. 4 (June, 2004), 13-15.

Playing High Horn: A Handbook for High Register Playing, Descant Horns, and Triple Horns. Horn Notes Edition, 2007.

"Playing the Descant Horn." The Horn Call 31, no. 3 (May, 2001), 69-71.

Playing the Wagner Tuba: A Handbook for Hornists. Horn Notes Edition, 2007.

"Right Hand Position: Stopped & Muted Horn." Texas Bandmasters Association Journal 3, no. 3 (March, 2002), 18-19.

"Trashing the Valved Horn? Comments on Valved Horns and Natural Horns From Turn-of-the-Century England." The Horn Call 29, no. 1 (November, 1998), 53-56.

“Tuning the Double Horn.” Horn Notes 19 (June/July 2000), 11-12.

"Tuning Your Double Horn." Texas Bandmasters Association Journal 3, no. 1 (September, 2001), 25.

"'Urban Legends' of Horn History." Upstate Hornist 1, no. 1 (Fall, 1999), 1.

*"The Valve Horn and Its Performing Techniques in the Nineteenth Century: An Overview." The Horn Call Annual 4 (1992), 2-32.

"Why Was the Valve Invented?" The Horn Call 28, no. 3 (May, 1998), 35-40.

*Denotes articles published in refereed journals.

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