- Title
- Quartet
- Original Title
- Composer
- Faust, Randall E.
- Year
- 1994
- Editor
- Arranger
- Year Arranged
- Original Instrumentation
- Type of Arrangement
- Availability
- 1
- Publisher
- Faust Music
- Year Published
- 1994
- Catalogue Number
- Sheet Music Format
- A4, Score (59) & parts (9,9,9,10=37)
- Horns
- 4
- Additional Equipment
- Straight mutes
- Others
- Other Instruments
- Difficulty
- 2
- Duration
- 14
- Structure / Movements
- 4 movements: I Prelude: Mysterious II Scherzo: Mysterious III Romanza: Adagio IV Rondo: Allegro
- Clefs
- Treble, bass
- Meters
- C, 3/4, 2/4, 5/4, 6/4, 6/8, 3/8, 4/2, 9/8
- Key signatures
- None
- Range
- Horn 1: c - c3 Horn 2: G - a2 Horn 3: d - b2 Horn 4: G - f#2
- Creator's Comments
- The quartet for four horns was commissioned by Randy Gardner for a commemorative compact disc in honor of the Dean of American Hornists and co-founder of The International Hon Workshops - - Philip Farkas. This recording of the work was made in Madison, Wisconsin in Spetember of 1994 by four former students of Philip Farkas - - Michael Hatfield, A. David Krehbiel, Randy Gardner, and Douglas Hill. The four movements of the work are Prelude, Scherzo, Romanza and Rondo. Prelude: The tones sol-do-re which often appeared in Philip Karkas’ favorite music are established in this movement. They are the source material for further pitch development throughout the quartet. In addition, the movement presents the three basic timbres of the horn: Muted, open, and stopped. At the end of the movement, two of the members of the quartet are required to produce chords by singing one note while playing another on the horn. Scherzo: In the Bible of Horn Playing, Philip Farkas’ The Art of French Horn Playing, lip slurs appear and reappear in warm-up exercises, legato exercises, low register exercises, and high register exercises. Likewise, lip slurs reoccur in this movement as a reappearing punch line. Romanza: “When I was young, I thought this piece was too easy - - because it was so slow. Now that I am older I think it is too hard - - because it is so slow.” (Philip Farkas speaking about the Romance of Saint’Saens during a recital at the Southeast Horn Workshop, Auburn University, 1986). Rondo: On several occasions Philip Farkas stated that his greatest legacy was his students. During the International Horn Workshop at Indiana University in 1980, then President of the International Horn Society, Douglas Hill, asked everyone in the room who had studied with Philip Farkas to stand: about half of the people stood. Then he asked everyone who had studied with a student of Philip Farkas to stand: at that point about 80% of the 500 participants present were standing. Then he asked everyone who had read “The Book” (The Art of French Horn Playing), to stand. At that point everyone was standing. Because of the international impact of the tachings of Philip Farkas, somewhere in the work on any day, there is a hornist playing a Rondo by Mozart, Strauss - - or maybe even Faust.
- Performance Notes
- Credits
- Access to review score: Nancy Joy (NMSU)
- External Link
- http://www.summitrecords.com/product.tmpl?SKU=93
- Sound
- Score