"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: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1659986
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1651611
for: 4 horns, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1676889
10 Trios
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1657369
for 4 horns and piano (keyboard), rhythm group ad lib
for: 4 horns, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671305
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671745
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 179787
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 272979
Nr. 1 & 2
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302460
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass instrument (B-flat) (treble clef), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 779017
Classic Solo Literature from the Rubank Educational Library
for: Horn
Music score, online media
Item no.: 675340
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 295380
in Eb Major, Hob.VIId:4
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279799
1. Vivace 2. Adagio 3. Allegro
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297597
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275212
Studien und Übungen
for: Natural horn [Horn]
Music score
Item no.: 1677288
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1669322
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1074335
per basso
dai Metodi per strumenti di Banda
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1670743
für Horn und Orchester
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1652736
(ca. 1776)
Originalausgabe für zwei Naturhörner
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200286
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 1678366
Feuillet d'Album de Rossini
for: Horn [cello], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 261110
Brass total
for: 2 trumpets [horns/tenor horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 205794
Instrumental Solos
for: Horn (F)
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 677689
Complete Film Series
Instrumental Solos
for: Horn (F)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 606550
d'Europe de l'Est
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 604230
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 613322
9 big phat band classics
Alfred Jazz Play Along 4
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497118
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309377
Folk
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276485
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 166543
Online recordings and playalongs
for: Horn (F)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 780657
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530987
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1661409
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687774
Stimme in Es (Altsax Baritonsax, Klarinette, Horn)
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score
Item no.: 1652709
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1678415
pour cor & piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279052
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430530
Spielstücke für Blechbläser 8
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 190799
for: Horn
Socks
Item no.: 558038
A new approach to jazz improvisation
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 100259
for horn
Free Piano Accompaniment Parts Included on CD
for: Horn (F); piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497990
Playable on Any Four Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
(Revised and Updated)
for: 4 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 549183
Wege zum Hornspielen – das Basiswissen
mit Cartoons von Napier Dunn
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 332600
KV 412 , 417 , 447 , 495 and 371
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395211
Solos, Duets & Trios for Winds
Flexible Arrangements for Multiple Combinations of Wind Instruments
for: 1–3 horns (F)
Music score, online media
Item no.: 691827
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