"Never let the horns out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud." Richard Strauss
Luckily not everyone thinks like Strauss, thank goodness! Browse our sheet music, tuition books & scores, and whether you are after Horn for Beginners, Jazz Horn, or Concert Pieces for Horn, we have a wide range of styles and genres, and there’s something for everybody!
The horn is a brass instrument used primarily in classical music. It is often referred to as the French horn or ’corno’ in orchestral repertoire. Historically, people used animal horns to call to one and other, and they soon started replicating this natural design out of metal, creating the first Hunting Horns, and Natural Horns. These horns had no valves, and played only natural tones.
In the 16th Century, horns were first developed into musical instruments. Although there were many permutations of the horn throughout music history, the design we recognise today has a funnel mouthpiece, valves, and a wide-ranging bell. Did you know that if you straightened out the horn, it would stretch to almost four meters?
The horn was used very differently, depending on its stage of development, and the era. It ranges from hunting motifs in the Baroque and Classical periods, to long, melodic phrases in the late Romantic period. At that time, Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner, Richard Wagner and above all Richard Strauss wrote much more complex parts for the horn, and they wrote for up to 12 horns in their orchestral works.
As a chamber instrument, the horn not only plays a big role within brass ensembles, but is often paired up with woodwind and string ensembles, to give depth and warmth to the sound. A few famous examples are the Telemann Concerto a Tre for Horn, Recorder & Basso Continuo, the Brahms Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings.
As a solo instrument, among the most famous works are Handel’s Horn Concertos, Mozart’s Horn Concertos and Richard Strauss’ Concertos for Horn.
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292190
Marsch
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292135
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291966
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291735
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 204414
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 680153
for: Horn (F), organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1655322
for: Horn
Item no.: 618515
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1577992
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283675
Bläsermusik zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019801
26 popular and well-known Christmas carols
for: 4 horns (quartet)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1687805
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1565273
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290359
Queenwood
for: Horn
Item no.: 250279
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643458
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292219
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292163
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292162
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291736
36 Christmas Songs
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music score
Item no.: 764950
Zwei festliche Choralvorspiele für Horn und Streichorchester
(Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme / In dulci jubilo)
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634966
Solo für C, Bb, F oder Eb-Instrument mit Blasorchester
Moderne Bearbeitung
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 487294
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 345222
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 349564
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 566176
for: Horn (F/E-flat) [Tuba]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 455641
for: Horn, piano
Ausgabe in B
Item no.: 487085
for: Horn, organ
AUSGABE IN C-DUR
Item no.: 490967
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649583
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 486594
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 131831
for: 2 horns (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215953
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650187
Duets and trios for flexible instrumentation
correlated with "Accent on Achievement 1"
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Single part
Item no.: 692125
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 431484
for: Horn, organ
AUSGABE IN ES-DUR
Item no.: 490939
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 486615
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
CD
Item no.: 633116
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 396083
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650231
for: Horn, organ
AUSGABE IN C
Item no.: 490940
Young Band 3
for: Horn
Item no.: 140478
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649629
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 602360
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649585
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1107073
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 280827
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