Themes from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) for 8 horns but don’t be fooled

but don’t be fooled

Ukrainian-born Zenoby Lawryshyn may have written his Woodwind Quintet during his time as a student at the University of Toronto

(Melody 3 ½ mins

but it has captured the imaginations of brass players for centuries as a critical touchstone of contrapuntal and harmonic writing

Text: Vivian Kwok

Themes from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) for 8 horns but don’t be fooledOur most popular horn ensemble arrangement! You may not be familiar with the 1938 film starring Errol Flynn, but we hope you are familiar with Erich Wolfgang Korngolds irresistible compositional style. Everything about the music of this movie, from the romantic swells to the bravado of the heros theme, suits itself perfectly to the horn. The parts are arranged in an egalitarian way: with three high horn parts, two middling parts and three low horn