![]() ![]() ![]() I wound up studying with Anthony Brittin at Texas Tech which worked out very well for me.Īnyway, during those high school years I wrote many letters to Philip Farkas. I lived in Texas at the time and ultimately couldn’t afford the out-of-state tuition at Indiana. My biggest desire was to go to Indiana and study with him. I lived, breathed, and digested his book “The Art of French Horn Playing” and anything I could find or read about him. I was a high school student back in the late 60’s and Philip Farkas was my “horn” hero. I think I can shed some light on the topic. You had a post back in August on your Web blog called “Another Classic LP: Philip Farkas, French Horn Solos.” In this blog you wondered when this recording was made. McIlroy contacted me with the following message, quoted here by permission. Recently I received an amazingly generous correspondence from Ron McIlroy ofīurnsville, MN. As it turns out I was a little bit off in my guess, and I now have some more detailed information about the recording. I briefly described the album, and included a short sound clip, but was unable to pin down exactly when the recording was made, guessing sometime in the early 1960s. Several months ago I wrote a post titled Another Classic LP: Philip Farkas, French Horn Solos. ![]()
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