Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
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Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto was a Danish
-born horn
player. He is credited with inspiring a generation of Scandinavia
n horn players. He was educated in Copenhagen
as a pianist, organist and horn player. During his life he was principal horn in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Danish Orchestra
, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
. From 1932 till 1945 he was a member of Blæserkvintetten af 1932. Later he worked in Reykjavik
, Gothenburg
and Stockholm. He and Philip Farkas
are compared often because of their great talent for teaching. Both are well known among horn players in their areas of the world. His son, Ib Lanzky-Otto, is also a horn player.
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Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
-born horn
Horn (instrument)
The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
player. He is credited with inspiring a generation of Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n horn players. He was educated in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
as a pianist, organist and horn player. During his life he was principal horn in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Danish Orchestra
Royal Danish Orchestra
The Royal Danish Orchestra is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The Danish name for the orchestra indicates its original function as an ensemble geared to supplying the music for court events...
, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
The Göteborgs Symfoniker is an orchestra based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Founded in 1905, it was granted the title of the "National Orchestra of Sweden" in 1997...
, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is a Swedish orchestra based in Stockholm.The orchestra was founded in 1902 as the Stockholm Concert Society . The orchestra became a permanent ensemble in 1914. Since 1926, it has been based in the Stockholm Concert Hall...
. From 1932 till 1945 he was a member of Blæserkvintetten af 1932. Later he worked in Reykjavik
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
and Stockholm. He and Philip Farkas
Philip Farkas
Philip Farkas was principal hornist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years; he left in 1960 to join the music faculty at Indiana University Bloomington. He wrote The Art of French Horn Playing which is considered by many to be the seminal work for horn players...
are compared often because of their great talent for teaching. Both are well known among horn players in their areas of the world. His son, Ib Lanzky-Otto, is also a horn player.
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- Music for French Horn. (Bis, 1995)
- The Scandinavian Horn. (Bis, 1995)