horn-player

The horn-player in the orchestra seemed to distract me more than the horn should've.

Theatre Review: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum da_lj 2008

Strauss, was first horn-player in the Munich Court Orchestra.

Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Paul Rosenfeld 1918

"Then that Dutch horn-player threw the bomb," propounded the head of the "Detective Bureau" ponderously.

Average Jones Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Once, while the husband was in jail on account of his political sympathies, the mother became a burlesque singer, and when the father was released, he joined the troupe as a horn-player.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914

Once, while the husband was in jail on account of his political sympathies, the mother became a burlesque singer, and when the father was released, he joined the troupe as a horn-player.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903

Tartarin, who had puzzled over the tavern-sign ever since his arrival, inquired of the horn-player, who was breaking a crust in a corner of the room:

Tartarin On The Alps Alphonse Daudet 1868

She must have reentered the hotel, as they all did now, weary with standing about, shivering, to no purpose, so that presently no one remained on the cold and desolate plateau of that gray dawn but Tartarin and the Alpine horn-player, who continued to blow a melancholy note through his huge instrument, like a dog baying the moon.

Tartarin On The Alps Alphonse Daudet 1868

Punto [the celebrated horn-player, for whom Beethoven wrote Sonata 17] is not a little indignant about the omission, and I must say he has reason to be so; but even before seeing him it was my intention to have reminded you of this, for I can only explain the mistake by great haste or great forgetfulness.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2 Wallace, Lady 1866

Tell Herr Leitgeb [a horn-player in the Archbishop's orchestra] that he must come straight to Milan, for he is sure to succeed well here; but he must come soon.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864

David Matthews had dedicated his 'Horn Quintet for horn and string quartet' to his mentor Nicholas Maw, but the mellow warmth of its slow movement was closer to Bartok; horn-player Richard Watkins - with his cellist brother Paul at his side - brought a pliant virtuosity to the fast movement.

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