Horn (instrument) the "trombon da caccia" called for by Vivaldi in his opera "Orlando finto pazzo" (1714), and his Concerto in F for violin, two "trombon da caccia", two oboes, and bassoon, RV574, was also a hooped horn. In the eighteenth century some outstanding concertos were written for solo horn and orchestra by Telemann, Christoph Förster, Michael and Joseph Haydn, Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Carl Stamitz. Concerti grossi include concertos for two horns by Vivaldi and Bach’s First Brandenburg Concerto. At the end of the century Beethoven composed a Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17, for
Jim Brandenburg His work has been included in many other magazines, such as "Life", "Newsweek", "The Smithsonian", and "GEO" and has been featured on all the major television and radio networks including ABC's Prime Time Live and CBS News Sunday Morning and Dateline NBC as well as National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Brandenburg was commissioned by the United States Postal Service to create a set of wildlife stamps. They were released on May 14, 1981. In 1980, Brandenburg learned of a population of wolves on Ellesmere Island who had not yet had the fear of man instilled into them. Brandenburg therefore