French Horn Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533556 Composed by Carson Cooman. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Individual part. 3 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3018605. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533556). River Song: Remembering Dennis Abelson (2007) for solo horn was composed in memory of DennisR. Abelson, horn performer and teacher who died on September 1, 2007 at the age of 56 after aprotracted battle with cancer. Abelson served as long-time professor of horn at Carnegie MellonUniversity in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The work is inscribed “in memory of Dennis Abelson and for hismany students and friends to remember him.â€Dennis commissioned two works from me for the Carnegie Mellon Horn Choir and was alwaysencouraging and interested in what I was doing with his instrument. He leaves behind a verydistinguished legacy of horn students who have held many significant orchestra and teachingpositions throughout the world. When one heard Dennis talk about his students (both current andformer), it was immediately obvious how much he rejoiced in their successes and achievements.This work is founded upon the pitches of D and A, taken from the initial letters of Abelson’s names.It is a rhapsodic elaboration of that basic material – as the melodic material is constantly developedand expanded. The “river†of the title refers both to the flowing character of the music’sdevelopment and to the three rivers of Pittsburgh, the city in which Abelson spent his entire life.
