"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) [tenor horn], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1851
Es-Stimmen zum Akkordeon-Heft 3
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Single part in E-flat
Item no.: 141866
für Blechbläser (Ensemble/Posaunenchor) Spielpartitur Posaunen
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Item no.: 648906
KV 487 (Nr. 7-12)
for: 2 horns (E-flat)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1709
aus dem "Album für die Jugend", op. 68
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1331
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1608
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: 2 horns (B-flat) [tenor horns], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1609
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 147293
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1070282
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 192925
College Songs
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 810780
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 924702
for: Horn
Single part(n)
Item no.: 645002
KV 618
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1548
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 (Trio)
bearbeitet für Horn und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Horn, organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 2036
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1038323
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 265676
for: Horn
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1669312
for: Horn
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 145805
for: 2 horns
Stimmen
Item no.: 1557640
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1320631
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1320624
Shawnee Press
for: Horn, piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1582798
Magnetisch
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
for: Horn
Bookmark (magnetic)
Item no.: 774234
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 792826
op. 3/1
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750386
op. 7/1
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 724544
"Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731186
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Solostimme Horn I
Item no.: 743715
op. 50
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731592
from the Idyll "At Twilight"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 754009
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 756670
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759794
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740193
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Einzelstimme Violoncello/Kontrabass/Fagott
Item no.: 756671
op. 59/3
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726184
op. 67
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726185
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731593
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Solostimme Horn II
Item no.: 734356
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 727103
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726187
from "Norma"
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756062
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 727102
from Sonata
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726186
Queen of the Night Aria from "The Magic Flute"
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726183
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733658