"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.
über Melodien von Franz Schubert
for: Horn [violin / cello], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1672238
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346165
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073019
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655446
Sur les plus beaux motifs "Du Brasseur de Preston"
um 1840
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1660278
First Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1657542
107 bekannte Stücke für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674058
Erstdruck
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661888
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1140420
Universal Tunes for Two
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1664020
für Horn und Vibraphon
for: Horn, vibraphone
Performance scores
Item no.: 660984
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346170
Here comes the Sun - Something - While my Guitar gently weeps
for: 4 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679918
für 8 Hörner
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662229
für Blechbläser (Ensemble/Posaunenchor) Spielpartitur Posaunen
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Item no.: 648906
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108458
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108596
12 Pieces Progressives
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1071984
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 780670
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1020486
for: 8 horns
Item no.: 1668607
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677751
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073163
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072192
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072540
Till's voraussichtlich letzter Streich
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667723
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1659300
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1042604
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 278498
Ensemble Time 42
for: 3 horns
Item no.: 289261
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 246919
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 338058
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 295045
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1658464
Erstdruck
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655441
for: Horn [cello], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 472008
Übungsduette zum Üben von Phrasierungen
for: 2 alto saxophones [baritone saxophones/ clarinets/ horns E-flat]
Ensemble score (E-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 492645
für Horn und Klavier (1795)
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 479391
Musik Fuer Horn
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 455920
Ensemble Time 52
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 365181
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 343742
Harmonologia Musica
Musikalische Paradoxal-Discourse
for: Instrument
2 books (reprint)
Item no.: 202718
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1555567
for: Horn
Item no.: 306198
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 213610
for: Brass instrument
Study book, DVD
Item no.: 494557
für vier Parforcehörner
Edition Peter Damm
for: 4 hunting horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 582988
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