"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
Item no.: 482891
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131602
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 272979
Nr. 1 & 2
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302460
61 duets
The Brass Press
for: 2 trumpets [horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 329704
Swiss Composers Series
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1027065
Solos for beginning through early intermediate level musicians
for: Horn (F); piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 150278
Band 2: Von der Romantik bis zu den Begründern der neuen Musik
Lexikon
for: Instrument
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 286709
for: 4 horns, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 285157
Jazz Play-Along Volume 137
10 favorite tunes including "Sundown", "Road Song", "Four On Six" etc.
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 605640
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 584121
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1566573
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 601836
For Tenor Horn & Piano
for: Horn, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 601771
for: 6 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 601497
Gruß an den Wald
Camille Saint-Saëns gewidmet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 607310
Kürtiskola 2
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 198391
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 469243
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 488779
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
for: Horn
Item no.: 105923
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 394625
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 365954
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 335766
For horn in F and in E-flat
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 334824
für Horn und Orchester
Erstdruck
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 341271
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 339794
Kaul III/36, Murray C49
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 394892
Schule
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 605114
für Horn in F und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 662003
Spiel in kleinen Gruppen
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 111365
aus: "Instrucktive Duetten" für zwei Waldhörner
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3851
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1563091
15 Trios von Komponisten aus dem 16./17./18. Jahrhundert
for: 3 horns (F)
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 471224
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1560379
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1559802
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass instrument (B-flat) (treble clef), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 779017
Duettheft für 2 Instrumente mit volkstümlichem Liedgut
for: 2 melodic instruments (Bass clef)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 468370
Schule
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 938855
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 940115
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 943641
für Piccolohorn in F (Trompete in C) und Orgel
for: Horn, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 494074
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 476733
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 630583
für Horn und Orgel
for: Horn, organ
Music score
Item no.: 637438
for: Horn
CD
Item no.: 563637
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 669962
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