"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.
Southern Music
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 226958
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1317718
Exercises to improve Breath Control and Airflow
for Band, Chorus and Orchestral Winds
Focus on music
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 491673
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 601169
Confidence-boosting strategies for musicians
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 350043
15 Traditional Dixieland Classics
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along 133
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 611945
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 770686
German Hornsound
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 766891
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 326670
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 658193
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 375007
Choralpartita
for: Melodic instrument (C, B-flat, C Bass clef), organ
Score, solo part
Item no.: 461889
for: Horn, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 137306
und Klavier
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594361
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 269034
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 298592
Bach
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 130653
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 130562
for: Horn
Item no.: 130292
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 560699
Kürtmuzsika
EMB Music for Beginners
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198388
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 335117
15 favourite Pop Songs for various Brass Instruments
for: 2 trumpets [horns/trombones]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 649822
No. 1 to 34
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 482199
Sixty solos transcribed from his recordings. Plus scale syllabus and biography.
Jazz Masters
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score
Item no.: 100381
Brand's Brass Programm Nr 10
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 179764
Nach den Quellen
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Horn [cello], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 139344
Tab tu wab
Stimme in Es
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Realbook (E-flat)
Item no.: 111037
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 834191
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 284660
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 893403
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1193257
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1106738
Play with a real band!
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1210731
for F Horn Solo & Piano
for: Horn (F), piano
Buch + Einzelstimme(n)
Item no.: 1637237
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 906439
Konzertwerk
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 999555
Musiktheorie
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1317636
Symposium 1
Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern 4
for: Brass instrument
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 773268
Studien und Übungen für alle Instrumente (dt/en/fr)
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 588767
A Collection of 32 Fun-to-Play Familiar Melodies for the beginning Instrumentalist
for: Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 468484
Look, Listen and Learn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 144381
Look, Listen and Learn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 145301
13 Concert Pieces
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 138743
Kingfisher Brass
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971678
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 1634983
Polyrythms – Rythmes simultaneous
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205063
May 2018 (A and B Papers)
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681362
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