"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.
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834266
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663774
for: Horn, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1204533
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677571
for: 4 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530661
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1194499
für Soloinstrument und Sinfonisches Blasorchester
for: Melody instrument (C, B, Es, Viola, C Basschlüssel), sinfonisches Blasorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588710
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 694936
Edition Maulwurf
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677699
Solos for trumpet (baritone/euphonium/horn in Eb/horn in F) with duet/trio combos
for: 1-3 trumpets [euphoniums/horns]
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 662794
for Horn Solo
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1549120
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 775263
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988454
Classic Chorale Preludes
Arranged for Keyboard and Any Solo Instrument
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 692698
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656103
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 625436
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 627029
Erstdruck
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1655046
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1642907
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 665753
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195573
Erstdruck
for: 3 horns (E-flat), orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 1655032
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1013188
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620276
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns [trumpets, hunting horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 627032
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 580394
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315533
12 Hits from Coldplay for horn
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 616901
Original Version and Revised Version by Mozart completed by Robert D. Levin
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616584
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1551516
Band 2: 51 melodische Aufgaben
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 693306
Canadian Brass Collections
for: Horn
Item no.: 565683
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 299109
Twenty-five Progressive Studies for Treble-Clef Brass Instruments
Elementary to Intermediate
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 297885
about 1750
for: 2 Natural horns [Horns]
Spiralbindung
Item no.: 1659460
Arden Horn Quartets
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1623087
op. 42, Nr. 3 Melodie
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1645636
Murray C38
for: Horn, orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 1538981
für vier Hörner
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685287
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1621445
per corno ed orchestra
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 637404
aus der Oper "Carmen"
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone/horn (E-flat)], piano
Score, part
Item no.: 637142
Eb major
for: 2 horns, chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 636501
for: Bassoon [horn], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1562664
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658931
Band 2, Nr. 24 - 45
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 638961
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 1017046
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1015630
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