Holding Note
A sustained note; a pedal point.
Homophony, Homophonic, Homo'phonous [Gr., homo, one or single; phonos, sound]. Music in which one part (melody) is the most important factor, the remaining parts being entirely subsidiary, that is, simply accompaniment.
Horn [It., Corno; Fr., Cor; Ger., Horn or Waldhorn]. A generic term for instruments of brass or other metal, wood, or animal Henselt, A. Composer, pianist; Germany.
B. 1814; d. 1889.
Hering, Carl G. Teacher, pianist; Germany.
B. 1765; d. 1853.
Herold, Louis J. F. (heh-rold). Composer; France. B. 1791; d. 1833.
Herz, Henry (herts). Pianist; Austria. B. 1806; d. 1888.
Hesse, Ad. F. (hes-seh). Organist; Germany. B. 1809; d. 1863. Heuschkel, J. P. (hoysh-kel). Pianist, teacher; Germany. B. 1773; d. 1853.
Hiller, Ferd. Composer, conductor, pianist; Frankfort. B. 1811; d. 1885.
Hiller, Johann A. Conductor, composer; Görlitz. B. 1728; d. 1804.
Himmel, F. H. Composer; Germany. B. 1765; d. 1814.
Hofmann, H. Composer, pianist; Germany.
B. 1842; d. 1902.
HYMN TUNE horns sounded by means of a cup-shaped mouth-piece. In modern usage applied only to the orchestral horn, called also French horn. A brass instrument with a long, narrow tube bent into a number of circular curves, with a large bell. The modern horn is provided with pistons, which make it a chromatic instrument. The custom is now almost universal of using the horn in F, the part for which is written a fifth higher than the actual sounds. Before the application of pistons to the horn its part was always written in C, and the key was indicated by writing: Corni in Bp or E2, etc., as the case might be. Many composers retain this method of writing, but the horn-players generally transpose the part a vista to suit the F-horn.