"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 (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308716
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 860191
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1582111
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 858120
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1128488
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1128404
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1127961
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288282
Folk
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289144
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289100
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289054
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289010
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279742
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279585
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278540
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278451
AND PIANO
FANTASY
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598271
für Horn und Gitarre
2 Spielpartituren
for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 596479
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 242522
für Horn und Orchester
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 382758
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316434
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629896
Horn & Klavier (Organ)
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594756
for horn and piano (organ)
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594670
(Klavier)
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594233
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279300
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 173504
Zugben für Horn und Klaver
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 149052
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671307
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1129137
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1128937
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 608599
für Waldhorn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 343220
for: 2 horns, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1678131
for horn and organ
for: Horn (F), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1215435
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Item no.: 604696
Score
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 964946
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771611
Look, Listen and Learn
for: 3 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 144911
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1530744
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1530743
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1530742
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1090518
Folk aus England
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974103
Southern Music
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 927238
Piano Accompaniment
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 928920
Southern Music
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924970
on poems by Attila József
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1031375