"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: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 201865
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1329176
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 332116
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 941926
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score
Item no.: 199139
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score
Item no.: 199140
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 358508
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 478250
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116793
für Fürst-Pless-Hörner und Parforcehörner in B
Handbuch der Jagdmusik 2
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score
Item no.: 199146
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296517
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393009
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.: 260959
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 310958
A must-have guide for all brass students and teachers
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 179848
for horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 393010
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
Warming-up and Daily Exercixes
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 215108
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
Swiss Composers Series
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 618637
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 601171
for horn
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 662492
Embouchure building & High register training
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199056
15 Traditional Dixieland Classics
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-Along 133
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 611945
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.: 601169
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music lesson book, single parts, playback CD
Item no.: 245958
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
from 'Once upon a Time in America'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317343
From 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 433867
Alster Ouverture TWV 55:F11
for 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon (continuo)
for: 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 612065
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634798
Posaunenwerk der EKM
Spiralbindung
for: 2 wind instruments
Ensemble score (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 1023700
Sammlung wichtiger Passagen aus der Opern- und Konzertliteratur
hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung e. V. (Sammelband, Lehrmaterial) (Collection, Teaching material)
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 383000
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 351510
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 697234
for: Horn
Item no.: 357154
for Horn in E flat and F
with additional, marked Horn part in E flat
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696707
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 199145
for Bb and Eb Instruments
for: Melody instrument (B-flat/E-flat)
Music score (melody with chords), Playback-CD
Item no.: 619698
Ausgabe für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 419849
Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 606382
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 159486
For All Treble Clef Instruments
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 351075
for: Horn (F)
Music score, playback-CD (mp3)
Item no.: 679815
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 552260
with parts for horn in E flat and F
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310650
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