Inspired by Speyer's playing, the art patron
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge convinced
Arthur Honegger in 1947 to write a concerto for English horn. Though Honegger ended up writing a double concerto premiered in 1949 in Europe without Speyer, the
Concerto da camera for flute, English horn and orchestra is dedicated to him. Numerous other English horn works have been dedicated to Speyer. Among the better known is
Paul Hindemith's English horn sonata completed in 1941 at the end of a summer at
Tanglewood. ==References==