"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, organ
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1610750
(Urtext)
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344682
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 377168
für Horn, Fagott und Orchester (1800)
for: Horn, bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656542
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 120725
Duets, trios and quartets for flexible instrumentation
correlated with "Accent on Achievement 2"
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Single part
Item no.: 692107
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 820446
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829955
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 828983
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 828966
Set of Parts
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 965214
Symphonic Brass Ensemble Series
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 886772
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 612377
Horns F
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1016148
Volume III
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 830340
Volume I
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 829732
Cor Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 829168
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 981866
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 872802
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1201578
Richard Lane Series
for: Oboe, cor , string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 1023976
Folk aus England
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 1006242
F Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1009767
Heft III/3
Canzone für 4 Hörner
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 420207
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1012949
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1010966
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1211934
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 909709
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1112383
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 1658501
From "Cavalleria Rusticana"
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 863325
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 375822
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 223231
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655939
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 214808
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
CD
Item no.: 187525
Ariadne auf Naxos - Der Bürger als Edelmann - Die Frau ohne Schatten - Intermezzo
Band 3
for: Horn
Single part(n)
Item no.: 160250
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 166931
für Waldhorn (oder Englisch Horn) und Streichorchester
ars instrumentalis 018
for: Horn, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 300860
op. 39
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 201143
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 170610
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 223523
French Horn Repertoire
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348177
Erstdruck
Erstdruck
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304982
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 970587
Gruber: Vier marianische Antiphonen 2 Hörner
for: 2 horns
Single part(n)
Item no.: 644846
A Mixed-Level Program for Groups & Individual Instruction
for: Melody instrument (F)
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 1659560
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355373
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