"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, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1021614
Horn+Bgl.
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 146619
Horn+Bgl.
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 146569
Alles, was man davon wissen muss
Instrumentaltechnik
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 165092
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 394765
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Horn (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 144331
Swiss Composers Series
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1023100
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021615
Ouvertüre für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676204
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 483938
Collection Daniel Catalanotti et Vincent Léonard
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 688544
Trauermusik für Bläser
for: 2 horns (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 1563208
for: 2 horns (F)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1563089
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 834127
Edward Tarr Collection
for: 3 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1351484
Schule für Einzel- und Gruppenunterricht
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 336478
for: 3 trumpets [3 horns]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 373924
Ensemble Time 55
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 578023
for: 2 horns, strings
Partitur (mit Kritischen Bericht)
Item no.: 444713
Ensemble Time 25
for: 8 horns
Item no.: 224898
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 261418
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1013360
Masters of Lyrical Style
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 1559882
für Horn und Streichquartett
Ausgabe für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577572
interessante Sammlung, klassische Komponisten
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 775588
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 364873
for: Voice [melody instrument in C/B-flat/E-flat/C viola/C bass clef], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587903
25 alpenländische Weisen
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 1566568
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 859415
aus Suite gothique op. 25
for: 6 horns; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 688424
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275838
Marsch
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275586
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275485
for high horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 327782
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252852
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252516
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1254122
for: Natural horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287509
With The Ballroom Dance Orchestra - Günter Noris Complete Collection Volume 3
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1287441
in 12 different styles
for: 2 horns (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279910
in 14 different styles
for: 2 horns (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279838
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240451
Geistliche Musik
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594009
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568577
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629897
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614277
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614115
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614015
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