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From the preface by Henri Kling:
\"The present Method is intended both for the Natural or Stop-Horn and for the Valve or Ventil-Horn. In order to obtain a thorough mastery in horn playing, it is extremely advisable to begin with the study of the Natural Horn, for the purpose of acquiring the true quality of tone characteristic of the instrument and which is attained by but few hornists. They generally treat the instrument as though it were a Cornet a pistons or a trombone, thereby depriving it of its genuine character.
Some of the pieces contained in this work are written for two horns, to enable pupils to play both parts alternately and thus become acquainted with the entire compass of the instrument; the reasonable compass, that is, as it has been established by the most
eminent professors.
The pupil should only attempt those pieces which are proportionate to his powers and study the exercises contained in the present \"School\" consecutively, in the order in which they are presented.
\"Short practices often repeated\" - the maxim of the celebrated hornist Dauprat - shall also be our own motto. \"As soon as the lips are getting fatigued and the tone becomes uncertain\", practice should be discontinued.\"
Contents of this Method for the Horn:
3 Designs: The manner of holding the horn
Preparatory Exercises on tone production
The Tongue-Stroke
Short Exercises on the Tongue-Stroke
Duets
The \"stopped\" or closed Notes
The tones of the Ventil-horn
Easy Popular Airs (Volkslieder) for the development of taste and expression
Transposition
Major and minor Scales
Exercises for Natural horn, on the diatonic scale
Exercises on the lntervals
Exercises on the chromatic Intervals
Exercises on the chromatic scale
Slurred Notes
Duets
The Embellishments in Music
Easy and Progressive Exercises
Exercise for sustaining the tone
Exercises on the scale of C major
Scales in different Keys
Divided chords
Thirty Exercises for Articulation
Simultaneous Production of double and triple Tones
The Production of the Echo
Practical Hints to the Orchestral Artist
Six Characteristic Studies
Six grand Preludes
Supplement: Difficult orchestral passages to be met with in Symphonies and Operas
