Cor solo

Jean Louis Antoine

ca. 1850–55 · Brass, original wooden box. · Musical Instruments

Stölzel valves. This horn is a late version of the first French valve horn, which Antoine developed in 1829. Cors solo are horns with G as the highest key; as they were usually used by soloists, and most solo pieces called for F or E-flat and D horns, they were thus called cors solo. By exchanging the internal crooks, the horn can be played in the keys of G, F, E, E-flat, D, and C.

Artist

Jean Louis Antoine

Date

ca. 1850–55

Medium

Brass, original wooden box.

Culture

French

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1999