"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: 3 horns (F), piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313390
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313852
Cor Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266775
Cor Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 267330
für Jagdhorn-Ensemble
Horn, 2 Fürst-Pless-Hörner, 2 Parforce-Hörner (Quintett)
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661512
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 860296
Erstdruck
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 291554
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175549
Band 1 und Band 2 als Paket
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
2 Books
Item no.: 469209
Southern Music
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 923451
for Solo Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 683731
for two horns
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 680269
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346394
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 631198
Klassik
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 620171
Vortragstück für Horn in F oder Es und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649850
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 694435
Begleit CD zum Stimmheft Waldhorn in F und B
for: Winds class [horn (F/B flat)]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 688791
for: Horn (F), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 369504
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531088
für flexibles Ensemble
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Horn
Item no.: 433138
(4 Horns)
for: Horn (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 623768
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296118
Cor En Fa Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212622
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 210915
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 551237
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 560357
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 490974
for: Horn, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 158522
No. 1-3
from the Handel Knott-Farquharson Cousins MS
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 157888
Spielstücke aus Bayern und Österreich
Nebenstimmen in C-, D- und F-Dur
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Additional part
Item no.: 191307
Great Foundations
for: Horn (F/E-flat)
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 769784
des Vereins Deutsch-Drahthaar für Pleß- und Parforce-Hörner
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 139292
o. Op. AV. 52
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 138546
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 179787
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 460697
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 135199
for: Horn
Item no.: 482891
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Study score, Solo part
Item no.: 427600
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131602
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 272979
Nr. 1 & 2
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302460
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 313211
Play with a real band!
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 313159
61 duets
The Brass Press
for: 2 trumpets [horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 329704
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 270739
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272409
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272376
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