"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
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383733
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 963557
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 688449
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276857
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 935319
for: Horn
Item no.: 333116
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601558
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 376810
for: Instrument
Item no.: 345235
50 melodische Ohrwürmer für zwei Hörner
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 682457
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 937231
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 594373
Ausgabe für Horn und Klavier. Aufführungsmaterial leihweise
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 419843
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271565
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 261735
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531133
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278266
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1349352
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636858
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607236
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246088
für Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 393007
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 859920
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 859746
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 858317
for: Horn, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1672200
Horn und Orchester (1891)
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 641532
für Corno concertato, 2 Violinen, Viola & Basso
Erstdruck Lund Nr.15 – Ausgabe für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 303504
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685219
Va pensiero from Nabucco
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627631
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 930464
for: Horn, string orchestra, harp, latin percussion
Score
Item no.: 1671770
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1671591
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 1653437
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1623077
K
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1283142
for: Horn, string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 354209
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 108134
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108411
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 777547
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1631299
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995678
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995681
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995669
for: Horn, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 214832
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 190651
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 191704
for: 3 horns
Set of parts
Item no.: 109177
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