"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.
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Music score
Item no.: 1354297
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), organ [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562810
for: Instrument
Item no.: 138027
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 108987
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430530
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 357208
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764684
for: Instrument
Music Teaching Book, CD, App
Item no.: 778378
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404503
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 169193
for: Horn
Item no.: 148816
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1128415
for: Horn (F); piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497990
for: 1–3 horns (F)
Music score, online media
Item no.: 691827
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 350783
for: Horn
Socks
Item no.: 558038
for: 4 horns (F)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 549183
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392001
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 397137
for: Horn, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 655936
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649715
in E-flat Major
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Horn, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 635055
A new approach to jazz improvisation
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, Playback-CD
Item no.: 100259
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1714174
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1714103
Original Version and Revised Version by Mozart completed by Robert D. Levin
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616583
Edition Maulwurf
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672978
pour cor alto oder cor basso
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1676940
über Melodien von Franz Schubert
for: Horn [violin / cello], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1672238
(Eb Horn Solo) Blasorchester
for: Horn (E-flat), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588377
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346165
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073019
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655446
Sur les plus beaux motifs "Du Brasseur de Preston"
um 1840
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1660278
First Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1657542
107 bekannte Stücke für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674058
Erstdruck
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661888
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1140420
Universal Tunes for Two
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1664020
für Horn und Vibraphon
for: Horn, vibraphone
Performance scores
Item no.: 660984
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346170
Here comes the Sun - Something - While my Guitar gently weeps
for: 4 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679918
für 8 Hörner
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662229
für Blechbläser (Ensemble/Posaunenchor) Spielpartitur Posaunen
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Item no.: 648906
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108458
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108596
12 Pieces Progressives
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1071984
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 780670
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