"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.
Notes on the difficult, humorous, endless path of becoming a better improvising musician
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 201865
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1329176
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along for All Musicians
Jazz Play-Along Vol.128
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 583159
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 332116
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 478250
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116793
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 358508
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113090
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 205277
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 186097
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296517
Fundamentals for brass
Instrumental technique
for: Brass instrument
Study book
Item no.: 199064
Instrumental Solos for Wind Instruments – Piano Accompaniment
Alfred's Instrumental Play-Along
for: Wind instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat); piano ad lib.
Sheet music (piano accompaniment), playback-CD
Item no.: 605158
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393009
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 260959
Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
Jazz Book
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 310958
A must-have guide for all brass students and teachers
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 179848
Warming-up and Daily Exercixes
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 215108
for horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 393010
A practice method for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
Jazz Scales & Patterns in all 12 Keys
Phrase like a pro!
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
Swiss Composers Series
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 618637
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 601171
Grifftabelle 63 für Waldhorn (in F/Es /B)
for: Horn
Fingering chart
Item no.: 129365
for horn
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 662492
Embouchure building & High register training
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199056
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 601169
15 Traditional Dixieland Classics
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along 133
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 611945
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107371
Magnetisch
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
from 'Once upon a Time in America'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317343
From 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 433867
Edition Schott
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 351510
Alster Ouverture TWV 55:F11
for 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon (continuo)
for: 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 612065
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634798
Posaunenwerk der EKM
Spiralbindung
for: 2 wind instruments
Ensemble score (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 1023700
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 425747
A Must-Have Collection of well-known Songs, including many Horn Features!
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 697234
Sammlung wichtiger Passagen aus der Opern- und Konzertliteratur
hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung e. V. (Sammelband, Lehrmaterial) (Collection, Teaching material)
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 383000
für die Mittelstufe
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 462959
for: Horn
Item no.: 357154
for Bb and Eb Instruments
for: Melody instrument (B-flat/E-flat)
Music score (melody with chords), Playback-CD
Item no.: 619698
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 637156
For All Treble Clef Instruments
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 351075
Jägerstücke, Volkslieder, Heimat- und Weihnachtslieder, Opernsätze, Tänze
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 159486
Ausgabe für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 419849
Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 606382
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