"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: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 2459
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 331780
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 633485
for: Horn
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1669312
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1562039
for: Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 632790
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 800862
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 603032
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 800514
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596457
for: 2 horns (F), piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1309335
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292470
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292274
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291820
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291819
26 popular and well-known Christmas carols
for: 4 horns (quartet)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 672411
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1215970
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215903
for: Horn
Item no.: 1661081
für Sopran oder Tenor oder Melodieinstrument (C,B,Es,F) solo
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F)], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667760
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 474526
for: Horn
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 145805
23 Weihnachtslieder arrangiert für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603710
carols and traditional classics
for horn in F
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 247439
for: 3 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 471733
for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 655116
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272707
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596403
for: 2 horns (F), piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1607679
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663764
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 599670
for: Voice [cornet, horn, trombone, euphonium], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671768
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1277145
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1277126
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290269
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292247
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291707
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291680
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292443
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1578041
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233589
for: 3 horns
Item no.: 158495
for: Horn
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 214816
12 besinnliche Spielstücke für
Melodieinstrument in C, B, Es & C (Bass-Schlüssel)
und Begleitung (Klavier, Akkordeon etc.)
bearbeitet von Gottfried Hummel
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), piano
Item no.: 1668414
16 Weihnachtslieder für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 146582
für Es-Instrument und Klavier (kombinierbar mit Trompete/Posaune)
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1013071
Solo oder Duett
for: 1–2 horns (F); piano ad lib.
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 119094
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1013158