"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.
für Es-Instrumente (Altsaxophone, Baritonsaxophone, Hörner, Klarinetten in Eb)
for: 2 alto saxophones [baritone saxophones/horns E-flat]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 173997
Solo oder Duett
for: 1–2 horns (E-flat); piano ad lib.
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 119098
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 496610
for: Horn (F), piano [organ]
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1703209
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 138523
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 912995
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292414
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292359
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292303
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292051
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593040
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596456
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663832
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat)], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667494
for: Horn (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272655
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605254
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233624
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233535
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1215969
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1220393
8 kunstvolle Choralbearbeitungen für drei Trompeten (Trompeten Trio) oder drei Hörner (Horn Trio)
Die Musizierstunde-Ensemble Time MZ 274
for: 3 trumpets [3 horns]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 192687
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 580683
for: Horn
Item no.: 147107
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603711
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1562038
for: Horn
CD
Item no.: 558322
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 471873
for: 1–2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 770417
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 799392
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663765
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292246
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292415
for: 2 horns (F), piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1579255
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1577993
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1272722
arranged for Horn and Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674493
38 Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
für 2 Hörner (mit Texten)
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663913
28 Duette für Tenorhorn und Flügelhorn in B
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn
Set of parts
Item no.: 1562041
for: Horn
CD
Item no.: 558116
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 331780
for: 3 horns
Item no.: 378018
for: Horn (F/E-flat)
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 149272
for: Horn, organ
Ausgabe in B
Item no.: 487084
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663860
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290323
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 592976
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308738
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663012
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