"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, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 655936
KV 447
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 290953
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 176514
30 Titles
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 599646
Mega Pop 2003 15
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone/horn (E-flat)], piano
Item no.: 174521
Musica Rara
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 169193
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 172537
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272411
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271914
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271591
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271583
pour trois cors de chasse
Musik für Jagdhörner
for: 3 hunting horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 363225
Erstausgabe
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 377605
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 341824
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 476057
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 580845
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 593301
für Horn
for: Horn
Item no.: 462433
für Horn und Klavier (1800)
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551458
20 études difficiles
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 100734
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430530
I. Allegro Moderato II. Adagio Cantabile III. Allegretto Scherzando
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593355
Southern Music
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 459966
for: Horn, harp
Item no.: 468318
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 103965
Murray C38
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 357208
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 356911
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 563113
Jazz Play-Along Volume 103
10 Great Tunes including "Dear Old Stockholm", "Gypsy In My Soul", "I Hear A Rhapsody" 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.: 561647
for: Horn
Socks
Item no.: 558039
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 585718
Horn Tutors & Studies
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 589887
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 285152
12 kleine Stücke
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 281907
op. 31
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281905
for Clarinet, Trumpet, Cornet, Horn, Euphonium, Trombone or Bb Bass
for: Wind instrument (Treble Clef)
Music score
Item no.: 589543
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 136343
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392001
Kürtduók
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 389524
Strawinsky
for: Horn
Item no.: 148816
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 412758
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 142911
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605144
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1604911
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601988
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601957
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1604240
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1604181
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