"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.
Horn in F
Masterwork Studies
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 806234
French Horn/piano
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 217262
Play with a real band!
for: Horn (F/E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1210760
A Bruckner Set
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 628692
Great Foundation Series
for: Horn (F/E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770356
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 974073
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567672
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601309
for: Horn, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1659011
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613594
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662357
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1620587
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1618779
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569450
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569476
for: Cornet [horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, violin, viola, cello], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1662845
for: Cornet [horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, violin, viola, cello], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1662846
Four Corners!
Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672965
for: Horn (E-flat), brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635904
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569349
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073332
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568189
for: Horn, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 766966
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108543
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1593356
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567302
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568301
for: 2 horns [trumpets, hunting horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 626838
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567544
Konzertwerk
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1169903
De dibujos animados
Para agrupaciones instrumentales
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1161732
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662613
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635884
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1632050
Op. 9 Nr. 1-25
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1317175
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1613879
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1567223
Musikalische Geschichten, deren Erzählungen und Aufführung
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 691194
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1351913
für vier Hörner und zwei offstage Hörner
for: 6 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679244
Edition Maulwurf
for: 12 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1673003
Edition Maulwurf
for: 6 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677570
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662777
for: Horn, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 913374
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020496
Southern Music
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 926888
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1042519
KV 417
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 922432
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