"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: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1007438
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1352624
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 997051
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 866449
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 884215
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 444125
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 490942
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1618713
for: Horn, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373189
for: Horn, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 694809
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819967
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 882281
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1207043
for: Oboe, cor , string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1025096
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 304617
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1634986
for: 1–3 melodic instruments (C, B-flat, C Bass clef)
6 single parts
Item no.: 656279
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 817825
for: Winds class [horn (F/B flat)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 611774
for: Horn
Item no.: 175609
A Sheaf of Miniatures - Slow Minuet
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791209
A Sheaf of Miniatures
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791208
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 216953
Original Version and Revised Version by Mozart completed by Robert D. Levin
for: Horn, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696681
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346077
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019250
for: Horn, orchestra
Klavierauszug, Solostimme, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1639592
for: Horn
Choir score
Item no.: 1714552
Edition Maulwurf
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 1677561
First Edition
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655049
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1137604
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1141735
for: Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 961079
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1134188
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1110586
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 870404
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1042381
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1141238
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1141665
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1110130
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 869488
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 889487
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 833949
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1071094
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1070823
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1137373
La danseuse et l'acrobate: petite valse
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1070764
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