"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, piano
Score
Item no.: 388783
for: 5 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 625756
for: Horn
CD
Item no.: 445146
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 604230
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 100742
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 693562
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 668015
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672382
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 267714
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 659639
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 804391
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 641312
for: 4 horns, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1000015
for: Horn [tuba] (E-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 666381
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1657230
for: Horn (E-flat)
Book
Item no.: 975378
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530761
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 106861
for: Horn (F)
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 677689
Waltz N° 15, op. 39
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289655
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 648701
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 665176
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 806048
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 341171
for horn and ochestra
for: Horn, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 121182
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 171350
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 267575
for horn and ochestra
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298301
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 162506
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1069
for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1654409
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3802
for: Horn, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633386
for: 2 horns [clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4349
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3269
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1987
for: 2 horns (E-flat)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1708
for: Horn (F), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2587
for: Horn, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1642822
for: Horn, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1642726
for: Horn
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 687346
Solo Arrangements of 15 Favorite Songs with CD Accompaniment
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 495357
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 261129
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1702357
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 347244
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 656345
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664637
Original Version and Revised Version by Mozart completed by Robert D. Levin
for: Horn, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 696680
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide
![W.A. Mozart: Hornkonzert [Nr. 1] KV 412 (386, HrnOrch (HARM)](https://www.stretta-music.com/media/images2/80/66/696680.jpg)