"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, Parts
Item no.: 685219
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 930464
for: Horn, string orchestra, harp, latin percussion
Score
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for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
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for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 1653437
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995681
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Horn, piano
Score
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for: Horn (F/E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 313144
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score (anthology)
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: 4 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995826
for: Horn (E-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966829
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 997334
for: Horn (F), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1703164
for: Horn (E-flat), brass band
Score
Item no.: 862967
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1355608
for: Melody instrument, concert band
Score
Item no.: 981686
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 926307
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
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for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
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for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
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for: Horn
Music score
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for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 926967
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 885835
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 876015
for: Horn, organ
Score
Item no.: 418583
for: Horn, strings
Score
Item no.: 303503
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 611162
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 878980
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], piano
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Item no.: 324106
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Score
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for: Horn, orchestra
Score
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for: Horn, piano
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for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1215434
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 927719
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 684401
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818754
for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Horn
Music score
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for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266943
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