"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: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685678
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239493
Instrumental Solos
for: Horn, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 627758
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 364559
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(mit Alternativ-Fassungen für Violoncello und Violine)
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
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for: Horn
Music score
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for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 377208
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Item no.: 771751
199 Übungen für alle Instrumente
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Music score
Item no.: 771730
for: Horn
Item no.: 577864
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 108366
for: 4 horns, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607443
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 354338
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746737
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1122047
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 351317
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 148862
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 283276
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 744914
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281915
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281911
for: Horn, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 246598
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995675
for: Melody instrument, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1652331
for: Horn
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 1043632
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 892070
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Score
Item no.: 103433
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1623083
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1689472
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1689399
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 478261
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687005
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 641403
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 262278
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648781
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score
Item no.: 1145389
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1022567
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 304708
for: Horn
Music score, CD
Item no.: 560866
for: Horn (E-flat)
Book
Item no.: 966898
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 667820
Version for Horn in F and Horn in D
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 299046
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 217680
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1582080
for: Horn (E-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 862947
for: Horn
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204403
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