Reinhold GliÃ¨re's concerto for this instrument in B flat major contains a cadenza that was first improvised by its original player, Valery Polekh.
Reinhold GliÃ¨re's concerto for this instrument in B flat major contains a cadenza that was first improvised by its original player, Valery Polekh. This instrument introduces the "walk by night" melody in the second movement of Mahler's Seventh Symphony. Richard Strauss wrote two concertos for this instrument in E flat major; the first was composed for his father, who found it too difficult to play, while the other was written sixty years later. Two of these instruments were included in the score for Mozart's A Musical Joke, while Mozart's own compositions for it include three (*) concertos in E flat major and one in D major that were written for Joseph Leutgeb. It often represented the hunt in early compositions, and, along with a clarinet, plays the theme that represents Till Eulenspiegel. For 10 points, name this brass instrument, not to be confused with a similarly-named "English" version.
Reinhold GliÃ¨re's concerto for this instrument in B flat major contains a cadenza that was first improvised by its original player, Valery Polekh.
French horn [do not accept or prompt on "English horn"]