"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.
Le Cor
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 563422
Stiegler Freiberg Memorial Serie 11
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 344977
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 345920
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 476164
for: Horn
Item no.: 148425
Sammelsurium 5
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 467578
Ein Männlein steht im Walde (komplett) (complete)
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 276723
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 665739
für Corno concertato, 2 Violinen, Viola & Basso
Erstdruck
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 342824
Duette für 2 Waldhörner in F
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1563039
für Soloinstrument in Es und Klavier
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562987
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1561017
for: 3 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1560292
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1560284
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 688451
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 188257
(La Mer)
Vocal or Instrumental Solo with Concert Band
for: Voice [melody instrument], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 613752
über die beliebtesten Melodien von Franz Schubert
Für Waldhorn und Klavier oder Violine und Violoncello
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 332270
20 Spielstücke der Meister der Wiener Klassik
for: Horn (F); piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1355931
Musik aus der Steiermark 112
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671013
Ergänzungen zur Ausgabe von 1970
for: Horn
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 209023
für 2 Hörner 2 Spielpartituren
for: 2 horns
Music score
Item no.: 623635
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1140578
Collection Edmond Leloir
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 346908
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 373187
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 442495
Choralsonate für 2 Hörner und Orgel
Ensemble Time Heft 152
for: 2 horns, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622985
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 224895
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 486608
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1530741
Drei Sätze aus der Ballettmusik zu Idomeneo
for: 8-10 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 767591
for horn with piano accompaniment
Musique française originale pour cuivres
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1682042
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 140687
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641158
oder für 4 Hörner und Posaune
for: 5 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555847
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1611978
für Horn solo
for: Horn
Item no.: 381734
Heft 3: Kompositionen von Hornisten der Hofkapelle Dresden
Zugaben für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 159485
From The West Side Story
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531110
12 new arrangements for Brass, Grades 1-3
for: Brass instrument (B-flat) (treble clef), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 1550397
Bläserstimmen zur Akkordeonausgabe
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Set of parts (without Accordion)
Item no.: 175561
Soloworks
for: Melody instrument, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670993
for: Horn, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 368467
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 186531
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 349826
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 873807
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 304149
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