"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
Study score
Item no.: 354795
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 461016
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 338997
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 178557
1st & 2nd Eb Horns
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 1068488
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 562237
for: 6 horns
Item no.: 486664
für Horn und Orgel
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 381706
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1661195
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 485697
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 166531
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649550
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 330384
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830182
1st & 2nd Eb Horns
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 1016093
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1031601
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023659
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830319
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829895
Volume II
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 829561
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1010981
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 828962
for Horn and CD
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 883060
French Horn Repertoire
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1349044
French Horn repertoire
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1348896
French Horn Methods & Studies
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1348736
French Horn Repertoire
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348336
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1022306
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 970504
Hornkonzert (Urtextausgabe)
for: Horn, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 195117
A Mixed-Level Program for Groups & Individual Instruction
for: Melody instrument (F)
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 1659560
for: Horn
Part 4
Item no.: 425679
Viel Musik mit wenig Tönen
Musik für Blechbläser
for: Winds class [horn (E-flat)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 175277
für Blechbläser
for: Horn (F)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384188
für Blechbläser
for: Horn (E-flat)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384187
Solos and Band Arrangements
for: Horn (F)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1351466
Einfach gesetzte Weihnachtslieder (mit Texten)
Höltzel light - Weihnachten zu zweit
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663802
50 Duets That Can Be Played by Any Combination of Wind Instruments
for: Horn
Item no.: 618515
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 204414
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 579929
29 Weihnachtslieder
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 1560710
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292218
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292190
Marsch
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292135
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291966
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291735
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292331
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308739
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