"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.
Volume 1: Church Cantatas BWV 1–89
Musica Rara
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 193982
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
for: 3 horns
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 213109
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833625
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134040
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 601207
Wiegenlied - Lullaby
The 4 crners collection
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 766043
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634798
pour Monsieur Dürrschmied
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470342
für Horn und Harfe (Klavier/Gitarre)
F-Dur
for: Horn, harp [piano/guitar]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 346910
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Play-Along Ausgabe für Posaune in C / Horn in F inkl. CD (Original- und Playback-Version.
for: Trombone [horn (F)]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 155230
Von Renaissance bis Swing
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 619127
Alster Ouverture TWV 55:F11
for 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon (continuo)
for: 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 612065
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 576105
for: Horn
Item no.: 134319
für Melodieinstrument (C/B/Es), Gitarre, Akkordeon und Kontrabass
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), guitar, accordion, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487693
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 294533
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 425747
for: 2 wind instruments
Ensemble score (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 1023700
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 693741
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 697234
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266639
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 561649
for: Horn
Single edition
Item no.: 633695
Sammlung wichtiger Passagen aus der Opern- und Konzertliteratur
hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung e. V. (Sammelband, Lehrmaterial) (Collection, Teaching material)
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 383000
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174726
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 351510
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281906
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1161620
Souvenir de Boieldieu - Romance de"Charles de France"
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 474886
Vier Arien aus 4 veschieden Opern von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009394
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 280312
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019252
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 552954
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 267423
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 267352
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300409
for 2 Horns, Strings and Basso continuo
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 753226
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748570
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 615782
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 623126
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 290733
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 927440
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 462959
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 775058
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 432561
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