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"Fanfare for Horn Quartet" is an exciting and dynamic tour de force for advanced hornists that will bring audiences to their feet. Adapted from an organ composition by Emma Louise Ashford, a talented women composer from the late 19th century, this showpiece can serve as a highlight to any recital from opener to encore. Hornists from the Eastman School of Music Horn Choir premiered the Ashford "Fanfare for Horn Quartet" at the 2024. The recording is of the entrie edition.
Composer of over 600 works, Emma Louise Ashford, was praised for her compositional skill - "Her work was excellent in every respect, and showed unmistakably that behind it all there existed brains as well as intense musical temperament and appreciation. For Mrs. Ashford's ability in matters musical I entertain a respect that borders on the profound". - DH. R. H. Peters. Multi-talented as organist, singer, editor, choir leader and composer, Emma Louise Ashford contributed to the emergence of America's women composers in the late 19th century.
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