"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
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233216
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2575
for: Horn (D/F), orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1937
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1782
for: 2 horns (E-flat)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1709
for: 2 horns (B-flat) [tenor horns], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1609
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3062
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1331
Technik und musikalischer Ausdruck
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 736446
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1620587
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 366071
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 443476
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 168973
for: Horn, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 198389
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198255
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 802521
for: Horn (E-flat), brass band
Item no.: 1715203
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 582863
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1549127
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1711525
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 276136
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 963935
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 583928
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 292515
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1129178
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 380400
Heft 1 (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Hunting horn
Item no.: 413071
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1317175
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 285026
for: Alphorn, brass band
Score, solo part
Item no.: 666375
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462150
for: 2 horns
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1026649
for: Horn (F), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1026643
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1024459
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1023576
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 107816
for: Horn (F), piano
Item no.: 580079
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108543
Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 724593
for: Horn, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 284361
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 247977
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 370621
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 328419
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 550730
for: Instrument
Item no.: 1012548
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 302280
for: Horn
Single edition
Item no.: 663385
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