"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.
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 267010
for: Horn, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 470486
Musica Rara
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 334088
Kürtverseny
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 245512
Leichte Trios
for: 3 horns
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 213109
für Horn solo
for: Horn
Item no.: 445086
Volume 1: Church Cantatas BWV 1–89
Musica Rara
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 193982
Another collection of Etudes by Ricardo Matosinhos for French Horn. Written with the intention to help make practicing fun!
Brass Methods Books Series
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 662819
From 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 433867
from 'Once upon a Time in America'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317343
from Fifth Symphony
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 897226
Drei Sätze
altogether 4
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 278287
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 664742
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833625
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134040
Alster Ouverture TWV 55:F11
for 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon (continuo)
for: 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 612065
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 601207
Wiegenlied - Lullaby
The 4 crners collection
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 766043
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634798
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872
Jazz Play-Along Volume 108
10 Favorite Classics including "A Child Is Born", "Valse Hot", "Nature Boy" etc.
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 561649
A Must-Have Collection of well-known Songs, including many Horn Features!
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 697234
Posaunenwerk der EKM
Spiralbindung
for: 2 wind instruments
Ensemble score (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 1023700
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 294533
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 576105
"Il sogno di un cacciatore"
for: Horn
Single edition
Item no.: 633695
Von Renaissance bis Swing
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 619127
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 425747
for French Horn
Selected from the Famous Schantl Collection
for: Horn
Item no.: 134319
Festliche Musik zu besonderen Anlässen
Play-Along Ausgabe für Posaune in C / Horn in F inkl. CD (Original- und Playback-Version.
for: Trombone [horn (F)]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 155230
für Melodieinstrument (C/B/Es), Gitarre, Akkordeon und Kontrabass
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), guitar, accordion, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487693
pour Monsieur Dürrschmied
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470342
op. 34
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281906
Edition Schott
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 351510
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174726
Sammlung wichtiger Passagen aus der Opern- und Konzertliteratur
hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung e. V. (Sammelband, Lehrmaterial) (Collection, Teaching material)
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 383000
Cor En Fa Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266639
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1161620
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748570
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 280312
Original for Horn and Orchestra
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 340580
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 688354
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 615782
Souvenir de Boieldieu - Romance de"Charles de France"
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 474886
Jazz Play-Along Volume 148
10 Great Tunes including "Big Nick", "Central Park West", "Satellite" etc.
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 623126
Hommage à Franz Schubert
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300409
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 432561