"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.
Swiss Composers Series
Bim Junior Series
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 620937
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620276
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns [trumpets, hunting horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 627032
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 580394
SCORE+PARTS
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 593281
12 Hits from Coldplay for horn
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 616901
Original Version and Revised Version by Mozart completed by Robert D. Levin
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616584
Eine umfassende Orchester Methode
for: Winds class [horn (E-flat)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 303481
Music For Hornensemble
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 181397
Canadian Brass Collections
for: Horn
Item no.: 565683
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 299109
für Waldhorn (oder Englisch Horn) und Streichorchester
ars instrumentalis 018
for: Horn, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 300860
Twenty-five Progressive Studies for Treble-Clef Brass Instruments
Elementary to Intermediate
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 297885
168 Rhythmus Übungen, mit Duos und Blattlese-Tests
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663824
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655939
Neue Studientexte zur Instrumentalpädagogik
Forum Musikpädagogik 117
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 644934
aus der Oper "Carmen"
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone/horn (E-flat)], piano
Score, part
Item no.: 637142
Eb major
for: 2 horns, chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 636501
for: 4 horns, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 634901
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635050
Zwei festliche Choralvorspiele für Horn und Streichorchester
(Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme / In dulci jubilo)
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634966
Schule
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 632047
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658931
for horn
Rubank Solo Collection
for: Horn (F)
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 576893
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 610299
Solos for beginning through early intermediate level musicians
for: Horn (F); piano ad lib.
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 192286
text and workbook for all instruments
Musicians Institute Private Lessons
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 226300
POUR COR EN FA
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 170986
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 170610
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 122736
aus dem Hornkonzert, KV 447 von W. A. Mozart für Horn u. Streichquartett
for: Horn, strings
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 282749
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 585717
Erstdruck
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 604543
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 605839
for 4 Horns
Musik unserer Zeit
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 354384
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Horn (E-flat)
Book
Item no.: 206570
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 465191
Kawe
for: 2 horns, piano
Item no.: 169505
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 184301
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 474140
for: 3 horns
Item no.: 474139
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 474132
for: Melody instrument (B-flat/E-flat)
Item no.: 474232
Heft 2
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 228684
for: Horn, piano
AUSGABE IN F-DUR
Item no.: 490970
Nr 25-28
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 486590
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 490972
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