"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, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 560699
for: Horn [cello], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 139344
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 306206
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 130562
for: Horn
Item no.: 130292
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 130653
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 269034
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 482199
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834061
for: 4 horns, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 634901
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 550361
for: Horn (F); piano ad lib.
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 192286
for: Horn
Item no.: 473220
for: Horn
Item no.: 467573
Edition Schott
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 738912
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253003
for: 2 saxophones [clarinets/trumpets/horns]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4679
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 245132
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 766893
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 591595
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 306207
Traditional version (Rondo of Franz Xaver Süßmayr)
Urtext edition
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 116795
for: Bassoon [horn], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1562664
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1021507
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 312630
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 582263
for: Horn, strings
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622947
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 562955
for all instruments
Jazz Instruction
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 654966
for: Horn
Solostimme
Item no.: 301628
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 358871
for: Hunting horn
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 636428
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1531082
Brass cartoons
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 304038
for: Horn; piano ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 198807
for: Horn (E-flat)
Buch + CD
Item no.: 808072
for: Horn (F), piano
Book
Item no.: 205276
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 924808
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 243294
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268375
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 860583
for: Horn (E-flat)
Book
Item no.: 956473
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 589499
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 863522
in five books
Vol. 3: Simultaneous Rhythms
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 301232
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 473091
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 198395
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