Haydn's Symphony No. 31 was nicknamed after this instrument due to the large number of them in the Esterhazy orchestra at the time.
Haydn's Symphony No. 31 was nicknamed after this instrument due to the large number of them in the Esterhazy orchestra at the time. Richard Strauss dedicated his second concerto for this instrument to the memory of his deceased father, who was the principal player of this instrument for the Munich court orchestra. In Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony, a solo for this instrument introduces the main theme in the second movement. A solo for this instrument opens the second piano concerto by (*) Johannes Brahms, who wrote an E-flat trio for it, violin, and piano. Mozart's fourth concerto for this instrument contains a Rondo final movement designed to evoke a hunt. Four of them were found in a standard Romantic orchestra; before then, these instruments and trumpets were usually the only brass. For 10 points, name this circular, coiled brass instrument.
Haydn's Symphony No. 31 was nicknamed after this instrument due to the large number of them in the Esterhazy orchestra at the time.
French horn [do not accept “English horn”]