"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: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 820123
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818941
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135275
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 958820
für Corno concertato, 2 Violinen, Viola & Basso
Sammlung Lund Nr.13
Wahrscheinlich von Anton Joseph Hampel verfasst
for: Horn, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 482467
for: Hunting horn, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 460698
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974102
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 430303
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 376972
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 170986
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 301873
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 269144
RV 538, 539
for: 2 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1631896
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1634993
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1194499
for: Horn
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 693713
for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691378
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1668123
from the Old Viennesse dance tunes
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750307
from "Giulio Cesare"
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 734197
Memories of the Alhambra
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 752708
from Orchestral Suite
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 743938
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743817
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749248
for horn and piano
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 726813
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733052
Chorale from the Cantata BWV 147
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 758301
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 758089
for: Melody instrument (C, B, Es, Viola, C Basschlüssel), sinfonisches Blasorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588710
Classics Relaunched
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 780311
for: Horn (F), piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1632946
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266845
for: 2 horns [clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3958
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 4422
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3231
for: Wind instrument
Buch
Item no.: 1583162
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 606225
for: 2 horns, piano
Item no.: 169505
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 565510
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 228061
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 1017046
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 620937
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 552450
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462149
40 of his greatest Hits for Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 678621
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1178882
for: 2 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639701
for: 1-3 trumpets [euphoniums/horns]
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 662794
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