Triumphlied
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The Triumphlied is a work for baritone solo, choir and orchestra by the German composer Johannes Brahms. Brahms wrote the work on the occasion of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War and dedi
Title page of the score, published by N. Simrock
French horn
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The horn is a brass instrument in the horn family, made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a large flared bell and rotary valves. The term French horn refers to horns with piston valves, seldom used t
A modern double horn
The valves of a Conn 6D double horn. The three lever keys (above the large valves) can be depressed toward the large outer tube. The thumb key (near the left-most valve) moves inward toward the three finger keys.
A natural horn has no valves, but can be tuned to a different key by inserting different tubing, as during a rest period.
Vienna horn