What tempo should I play Kopprasch Etude 1 at?

The printed tempo is a word, “Moderato”, not a number. Start around ♩ = 60, practise at 76 and aim for about 92 quarter notes a minute. The player takes any tempo between those and more.

Is this in written or concert pitch?

Written pitch, as printed for F horn. The player plays it at the pitch it sounds, a fifth lower than written.

Where can I get the sheet music for Kopprasch Etude 1 (Op. 6 No. 1)?

It is public domain. The notes here come from J. G. Seeling, Dresden, 1886 (50 Etudes, rev. Oscar Franz), which is scanned on IMSLP. Keep the printed page in front of you for slurs and dynamics, which the player leaves out.

Kopprasch Etude 1 (Op. 6 No. 1)hear it, slow it down, play along

Georg Kopprasch (c.1800–1850)
F horn
Moderato
C major
4/4
40 bars

Setting out the notes…

Tempo

♩ = 60

Loop

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What it works on

The first of Kopprasch's sixty studies for low horn, written for horn in F: quarter and half notes in C major, up to the top of the staff and down to the C four ledger lines below. This is Oscar Franz's text, which ends each phrase on a dotted half.

No. 3 in Oscar Franz's selection of 50.

A way to practise it

The low notes are the point of this study. Loop the last line slowly and listen for the same full sound on every ledger-line note.

The page prints the tempo as a word, “Moderato”. The numbers below are my suggestions for getting there, in quarter notes per minute; tap them in the player.

Slow ♩ = 60
Practice ♩ = 76
Goal ♩ = 92

What you hear

The notes and rhythms of the study, played at an even volume. Slurs, bowings, dynamics, fingerings, trills and turns are not in this version, so keep the printed page in front of you; the scan is linked under “Where the notes come from”.

Questions

What tempo should I play Kopprasch Etude 1 at?: The printed tempo is a word, “Moderato”, not a number. Start around ♩ = 60, practise at 76 and aim for about 92 quarter notes a minute. The player takes any tempo between those and more.
What does Kopprasch Etude 1 (Op. 6 No. 1) work on?: The first of Kopprasch's sixty studies for low horn, written for horn in F: quarter and half notes in C major, up to the top of the staff and down to the C four ledger lines below. This is Oscar Franz's text, which ends each phrase on a dotted half.
Is this in written or concert pitch?: Written pitch, as printed for F horn. The player plays it at the pitch it sounds, a fifth lower than written.
Where can I get the sheet music for Kopprasch Etude 1 (Op. 6 No. 1)?: It is public domain. The notes here come from J. G. Seeling, Dresden, 1886 (50 Etudes, rev. Oscar Franz), which is scanned on IMSLP. Keep the printed page in front of you for slurs and dynamics, which the player leaves out.

Photograph your own part with ScoreLens.

This player is the one in the app. Point your phone at the page on your music stand, and ScoreLens reads it and plays it back, slower or in another key. It is best on single-line parts and reads piano too. Handwriting is out of reach for now.