Chinese American composer Yi Chen's compositional language blends Western performance ideals with the folk music of China. The "Ox Tail Dance" is "a lyric showpiece for horn. The music was originally composed for clarinet. Of advanced difficulty."
Ugandan composer Justinian Tamusuza wrote "Okukoowoola Kw'Ekkondeere" in 2006. Hickey's Music Center website includes the following notes: "An unaccompanied horn call by one of Africa's leading composers, it adds unique diversity to the solo horn…
Black composer Billy Strayhorn composed "Suite for the Duo" in 1966. As described on a website dedicated to the composer's life and work, "Originally a distinctive representation of jazz with the French horn, piano and string bass, Billy Strayhorn…
Mexican American composer Robert Xavier Rodríguez composed "Gambits: Six Chess Pieces" in 2002. The work was commissioned by Charles and Sarah Riehm, and dedicated to Andrew Riehm & the Musica Nova ensemble of the University of Texas. The music…
Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote her "Three Pieces for Horn and Piano" between 1973 and 1983.According to the composer's biographer Dr. Jeannie Gayle Pool: "It seems that Zenobia Perry wrote these pieces for performance by Central State…
Black horn player and compooser Usamah Mustafa composed "Evening Reveries" for horn and piano. Learn more about the composer on this Facebook interview with Houghton Horns.
Chinese American composer Wayne Lu wrote "XI" in one movement for horn and piano. As indicated on Theodore Front Musical Literature website, the word "Xi" has many meanings in Chiinese, including air, energy, and personal aura. The score is available…
