"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.
Heft 3: Händel, Mozart, Haydn, Tschaikowsky, Schumann
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 150376
for: Trumpet [horn/tenor horn]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 223835
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 7
Livre de l'élève
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772731
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403807
Mancherlei Theoretisches und Praktisches
(Für den jungen Blasmusikdirigenten)
for: Wind instrument
Book
Item no.: 336294
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 604592
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 143468
65 Progressive Studies
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 280789
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552077
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 554239
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 183752
for: Wind instrument (Treble Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 589533
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 138974
for: Winds class [horn (F/B flat)]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 473233
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1018097
Vlaams Editie
Complete Methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
for: Winds class [alto horn (E-flat)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 770170
Heft 15
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 158792
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766941
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 152196
für Horn
Die Schule für den Früh-Instrumentalunterricht
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 371058
for: Wind instrument (Treble Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767322
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764289
für Horn (Waldhorn)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 658161
for: Horn
Fingering chart
Item no.: 658435
for: Horn; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, CD-ROM (with piano accompaniment to print yourself), 3 CDs
Item no.: 668074
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 164452
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 377375
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 363819
for: Brass instrument
Study book
Item no.: 104773
Un percorso ragionato per la pratica dell'improvvisazione a tutti i livelli
Strumenti in Si bemolle
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 972670
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 179430
(1553)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1031328
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 560488
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 1023029
for: Hunting horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662114
Composities voor het A-examen
for: Horn, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771977
Vlaams Editie
Complete methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 770138
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 432077
for: Wind instrument
Book
Item no.: 345488
10 Bossa Nova und Samba Akkordfolgen
Play Along Serie – Improvisieren
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 444841
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 658586
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 306197
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 676421
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663100
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 768908
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013249
for: Horn
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 562054
for: Horn (F/B flat)
Music lesson book (spiral binding), online audio
Item no.: 617048