"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
Music score
Item no.: 925380
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 927866
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1165910
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 420206
First Edition
for: 3 horns (E-flat), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1657525
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1201713
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 818380
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 820148
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 267170
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 197051
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 970331
aus dem Nachlass vom Dachboden eines unbekannten Hornisten
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geheftet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Single part Horn 4 (F)
Item no.: 696843
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649827
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649606
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649605
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649549
Five Miniatures
for: Horn, organ
Music score
Item no.: 759821
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600876
for: 3 horns
Item no.: 209684
aus dem Nachlass vom Dachboden eines unbekannten Hornisten
Edition Knauer bei "Buch und Note"
geheftet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Single part Horn 3 (F)
Item no.: 696842
for: Oboe, cor , string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1025095
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score, Solo part
Item no.: 1024987
for Alphorn and brass band or wind band
Swiss Composers Series
for: Alphorn, brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1022323
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1071015
A Sheaf of Miniatures
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791205
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158501
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 264250
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 318727
for: Horn, orchestra
Item no.: 797583
(Urtext)
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 216261
for: 2 horns
Set of parts
Item no.: 199609
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 963963
for: Horn
Solostimme
Item no.: 1623282
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1623956
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1626441
for: Horn, string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 335630
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539018
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1539011
for: Horn
Item no.: 160251
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1071071
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1139945
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1320459
cor et piano
for: Horn (F), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1071454
for: Horn, piano
AUSGABE IN F-DUR
Item no.: 490970
Nr 25-28
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 486590
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 490972
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