"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
Book, CD
Item no.: 630005
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619116
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 297577
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1716960
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1716989
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1746189
for: Horn, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 459917
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682896
for: Cornet [horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, violin, viola, cello], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1662839
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1717319
for: Alphorn (G-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1263176
for: Horn
Item no.: 403543
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1746711
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1746790
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1746813
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1738763
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1738860
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1738861
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1739232
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1746294
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1746341
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 585386
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score
Item no.: 659888
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1739257
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 473677
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 374061
for: 4 hunting horns
Score
Item no.: 199141
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1677564
German Hornsound
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677755
Hommage à la Mémoire de Punto
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1676939
for: 2 horns, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1678131
Y todo lo que se debe saber
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1671609
for: 4 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559950
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 874860
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1042084
Solo-Konzert
for: Cornet [horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, violin, viola, cello], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 770115
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834095
für 12 Hörner in 3 Chören
for: 12 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1652385
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1167117
No. 34 - 60
First Edition
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655048
Love Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317379
Klassik
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Book
Item no.: 1195175
" Quatuors" (quartets) for 4 horns
from "Method Complète de Trompe de Chasse" of Tyndare-Gruyer
the department
for: 4 hunting horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1655045
Heft 2
for: 2 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 291541
Charakterstück
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1638441
(3 Sätze mit Posthorn Solo)
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1010457
for: Horn (F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 645861
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