"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.
Cor Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830120
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 888087
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829727
Horn and Piano
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829573
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 829667
for: Melodic instrument (C Bass clef), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part (bass clef)
Item no.: 1562492
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 577721
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797193
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1063705
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1068674
3rd & 4th Eb Horns
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 1015588
3rd & 4th Eb Horns
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 1013422
3rd & 4th Eb Horns
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 334695
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024160
French Horn Repertoire
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348789
Oboe Repertoire
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348702
Oboe Repertoire
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1348064
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1062695
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1065192
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1011048
F Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1063481
1st & 2nd Eb Horns
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 1009927
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1147434
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1147395
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 797202
for: Horn
Single part(n)
Item no.: 337699
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score
Item no.: 280310
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296243
for: 2 horns, strings
Score
Item no.: 368081
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 418915
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 1138032
First Edition
for: 3 horns (E), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659223
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 865018
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 993093
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650393
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650207
for: Horn
Item no.: 171410
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649721
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493836
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135124
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1133274
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1185865
for: Horn, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655938
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 310742
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 306506
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 306476
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