"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 (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272453
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1608
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748570
for 2 Horns, Strings and Basso continuo
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 753226
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 724596
Choral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
für Horn und Orgel
for: Horn (F), organ
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2974
Auch zum Selbstunterricht geeignet
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 796536
aus "V pièces pour Harmonium"
bearbeitet für Altsaxophon / Horn und Klavier
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3420
arranged for 2 instruments
for: 2 melodic instruments (identically tuned); keyboard/guitar ad lib.
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2616
aus: "Instrucktive Duetten" für zwei Waldhörner
for: 2 horns [clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3947
for Solo in Eb and Piano (Keyboard, Guitar)
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2586
Edition Schott
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 748658
op. 85, Nr. 1
bearbeitet für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2391
Edition Schott
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 738912
gewidmet Levin
for: 2 saxophones [clarinets/trumpets/horns]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4679
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253003
for four horns
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Stimmensatz 4 Hörner in F
Item no.: 1633033
for four horns
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1633032
Technique and musical expression
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 758737
from the opera "Xerxes"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 746544
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 792826
Edition Schott
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 793336
from Concerto E flat major
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 793338
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597853
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598017
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596698
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596886
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597238
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636495
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636623
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663164
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614432
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614651
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614942
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614141
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 1668412
Edition Schott
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743419
for horn in F and piano
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 758567
op. 3/1
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750386
Edition Schott
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750683
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597297
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663260
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1637127
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614771
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613987
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636857
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597114
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643581