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Koenig Sheet Music and Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Herman Koenig Cornet in Bb<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Herman Koenig was born in Germany in 1815. After leaving his homeland and travelling to London he became famous as a cornet soloist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a few versions of his Post Horn Galop <\/a>for you to try out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was also a successful composer, publisher, music educator and heavily involved in designing cornets, specifically the Koenig Cornet. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Koenig was part of Louis Jullien’s<\/a> famous Drury Lane Orchestra in the early 1840s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1853 Louis Jullien handpicked twenty-seven musicians including Koenig to form an orchestra to tour the United States. This was the first major tour of a European Orchestra in the New World. They incorporated a further one hundred American musicians during their travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herman also became involved in instrument making and collaborated with the instrument dealer Pask to form Pask & Koenig. In 1855 he became highly involved in designing, developing, and marketing the Koenig Cornet in F for the French instrument-maker Antoine Courtois<\/a>. Over the next couple of years, he was busy developing two further cornets for Courtois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a few of his compositions exist today, his most famous being the Post Horn Galop. Herman was the soloist when he premiered the piece at a winter concert in Covent Garden in 1844. The Galop is still played today at hunt balls and wedding receptions, marking the ending of the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch this performance of the piece by the Band of Royal Lancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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