"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.
Southern Music
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 926585
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 872015
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531063
Klassik
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531042
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 924452
for: Horn (E-flat), tuba (B-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594495
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662400
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611641
Klassik
for: Horn
Set of parts
Item no.: 880550
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 775107
interesting pieces for low horn for learning the different bass clefs and the low register
Dies und das - Komm spiel'n wir was!
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1677698
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 875803
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567738
Tango From Scent Of A Woman
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531084
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1593389
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1038323
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 860700
Die ecuadorianische Nationalhymne
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2604
Transcriptions for solo instrument and piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 861730
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 1108390
Original Late Romantic Compositions
1866-1897
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Score, part
Item no.: 1552014
für Horn und Orchester
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648782
für Horn und Orchester
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648788
(Nr. 4)
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 687006
op. 15/7
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738084
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354359
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630407
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598116
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 626915
Erstdruck
for: Horn, bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 627613
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635835
First Printing
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 665741
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611697
around 1819
for: 3 horns (F)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1654993
Adrian's Song Album Series
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 744911
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596629
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 888365
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596495
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 920821
for: Horn, string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1556131
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1658813
Adrian's Song Album Series
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664075
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 669938
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636916
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 927809
Swiss Composers Series
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1027127
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 656102
Konzert Nr. 10 für Horn und Orchester
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 660128
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