"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.
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1031553
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031475
Per fagotto, violoncello e orchestra
for: 2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat/E-flat), concert band
Score
Item no.: 1031272
from 2023
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1551460
Arrangiamento di M.E. Righi per corno e orchestra d'archi
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1587130
from 2023
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1551468
from 2023
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1551467
Edizioni Speciale (Andante scritto da M.E.Righi)
for: Horn, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1587127
riduzione per corno e pianoforte - riduzione a cura di M.E. Righi
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1587129
from 2023
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1551459
Posaunenwerk der EKM
Spiralbindung
for: 2 wind instruments
Ensemble score (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 1023700
for: 10 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023082
Das Rhythmus-Erfolgsprogramm für Instrumentalisten, Sänger und Tänzer
für Selbststudium und kreativen Rhythmusunterricht
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1022537
for: 4 horns, concert band
Study score
Item no.: 1022290
Suite for horn quartet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021561
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1021507
Bläsermusik zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: 2 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019763
Bläsermusik zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019801
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019253
für 4 Hörner oder 4 Wagnertuben
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019249
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019257
for: 4 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019259
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019252
from Jazz Suite No. 2
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019258
American Horn Quartet Series
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019448
10 Original Duets for Horn
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1018581
for: Horn, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1018475
for: Horn (F)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1018264
Übungsbuch über die Wandlung des melodischen Ausdrucks von Tonreihen durch Änderung von Taktgewichtung und Akzentuierung
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1018097
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 1017046
aus `Cancionero de Uppsala´
for: 2 melodic instruments (identically tuned)
Music score
Item no.: 1015998
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1014987
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1014984
for: Horn (F), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1013359
Original Works and Arrangements for Church Service and Concert
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 817360
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1013360
Southern Music
for: 3 horns
Music score
Item no.: 924560
De vijf basisakkoorden
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013297
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013350
Jazz-standards vereenvoudigen met de dominant-matrix
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013242
Originalwerke für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1013047
Aufnahme der Fripperies Nr. 1-32
for: 4 horns (quartet)
CD
Item no.: 1011170
(3 Sätze mit Posthorn Solo)
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1010457
nach "Sonatine für Mandoline und Klavier C-Dur"
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 767021
Mit Mozart und Vier Hornisten
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009301
Arbeitsheft mit Stimmen
for: 4-6 horns
Set of parts
Item no.: 1009253
for: 4-6 horns
Score
Item no.: 1009254
for all Brass Instruments
Beginner Level
for: Brass instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1008832
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