"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, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 656102
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626451
für 2 Hörner (Waldhörner) Spielpartitur
for: 2 horns
Music score
Item no.: 636367
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 976657
Mega Pop 2001 15
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone/horn (E-flat)], piano
Item no.: 278713
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 291529
Köbl Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1013194
for: 10 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023082
for horn in F and piano
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 680276
Ensemble Time 51
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 365184
Notes Etrangeres
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 343629
interesting pieces for low horn for learning the different bass clefs and the low register
Dies und das - Komm spiel'n wir was!
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1677698
Bearbeitung für Horn und Klavier
nach dem Largo aus dem "Reiter"-Streichquartett
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 489191
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072735
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1074889
Erstdruck
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 416397
for: 4 horns (quartet)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1672967
in neuen Sätzen
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677574
Edition Maulwurf
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672408
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 494152
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1664094
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 487793
12 new arrangements for Brass, Grades 1-3
for: Horn [tuba] (E-flat), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 1550396
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 166555
(opt. Solotrompete in B)
for: Horn (F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562922
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1119586
Original Late Romantic Compositions
1866-1897
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Score, part
Item no.: 1552014
für vierstimmiges Jagdhornensemble in B
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566600
Zugaben für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 149053
Heft 1: Kantaten BWV 1- 112
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 393040
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 377341
Heft II/2: 2 Sonatinen und Thema mit Variationen für 2 gleiche Hörner
Zwei Sonatinen. Thema mit Variationen für 2 gleiche Hörner
for: Horn
Item no.: 420202
nach "Sonatine für Mandoline und Klavier C-Dur"
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 767021
cours superieur
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 181729
for: Horn (F)
Item no.: 154929
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 472123
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 347454
15 Easy Solos for Young Musicians
Standard of Excellence
for: Horn (F)
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 474030
Parforcehorn in B und 4 Parforcehörner in Es
for: 4 hunting horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562117
Schule
for: Horn
Schule
Item no.: 464308
Sammelsurium 2
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 467575
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 417706
für Horn solo (Corno da caccia), 2 Violinen, Viola und Bc
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665297
for: Horn (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 115613
for: Horn, strings
Item no.: 408211
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 479087
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 272810
Nach Motiven der Opernversion "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornetts Christoph Rilke"
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 209757