"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: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1166914
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1166917
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778666
Yesterday - Ob La Di - Let It Be
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679738
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072697
Erstdruck
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 626833
Erstdruck
for: Horn, bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 627621
über Melodien von Franz Schubert
for: Horn [violin], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1672254
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072838
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073270
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1651611
Vortragstück für Horn in F oder Es und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649850
Begleit CD zum Stimmheft Waldhorn in F und B
for: Winds class [horn (F/B flat)]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 688791
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531088
(4 Horns)
for: Horn (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 623768
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296118
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175549
for Solo Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 683731
für Jagdhorn-Ensemble
Horn, 2 Fürst-Pless-Hörner, 2 Parforce-Hörner (Quintett)
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661512
Edition Maulwurf
for: 5 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672997
Edition Maulwurf
for: 6 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672857
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108466
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108169
based on motifs from the opera "Masaniello" by Michele Carafa
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1655461
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 1166915
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1351914
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 584121
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 601836
Spiel in kleinen Gruppen
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 111365
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 460697
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 394625
2.Suite "Airs de Joconde"
mit Bearbeitungen von J.Haydn
2.Suite
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 376318
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 375143
Gruß an den Wald
Camille Saint-Saëns gewidmet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 607310
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 272979
Nr. 1 & 2
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302460
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 659748
Kaul III/36, Murray C49
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 394892
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 365954
Swiss Composers Series
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1027065
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 339794
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1643298
for two horns
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 680269
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346394
for: Horn, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 158522
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass instrument (B-flat) (treble clef), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 779017
No. 1-3
from the Handel Knott-Farquharson Cousins MS
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 157888
Spielstücke aus Bayern und Österreich
Nebenstimmen in C-, D- und F-Dur
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Additional part
Item no.: 191307
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