"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)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 607294
for all Brass Instruments
Beginner Level
for: Brass instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1008832
Heft 1
for: 2 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 291540
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988941
(Nr. 5)
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 687007
für Horn und Klavier (1800)
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 607305
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 585717
Neue Studientexte zur Instrumentalpädagogik
Forum Musikpädagogik 117
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 644934
35 Studies For French Horn - 18 Studies
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1343104
Folk
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530827
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1530746
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 147293
12 Stücke
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 487825
Florida Philharmonic Horn Quartet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
CD
Item no.: 1024068
for: Horn, piano
CD
Item no.: 1020070
Erstdruck
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 604543
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 655685
Shining Brass (ABRSM)
8 new pieces for Brass, Grades 4 & 5
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 1550473
für vier Hörner
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685287
Auswahl für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 278280
for: 5 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691200
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 465191
für 2 Waldhörner
for: 2 horns
Music score
Item no.: 392804
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963858
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963857
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 886394
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 889780
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 886920
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 886079
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 882104
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 604885
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 147727
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 874443
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 890022
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 889759
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 889691
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 881833
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 879466
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1201712
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 122736
Murray C38
for: Horn, orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 1538981
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1345589
for Horn Solo
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1549120
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 269796
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 473436
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 332155
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 297885
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 936675
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