"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), organ [piano]
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for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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for: Horn (F), piano
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for: Horn (F), piano
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for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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for: Horn (F), piano
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for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305118
Eb Horn
for: Horn (E-flat), guitar
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Item no.: 1305564
for: Horn (E-flat), guitar
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Item no.: 1305508
for: Horn (F), guitar
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Item no.: 1305342
for: Horn (F), guitar
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Item no.: 1305286
for: 1–2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579753
for: Horn (E-flat), piano; euphonium horn (B-flat, treble clef) ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579736
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 444735
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579512
Horn Tutors and Studies
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309720
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310552
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310525
for: 2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat/E-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 763600
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597670
for: 4 horns (quartet)
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Item no.: 1596426
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1579374
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1579324
for: 4 horns (quartet)
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Item no.: 1596853
for: Horn (E-flat)
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Item no.: 1568556
for: Horn (E-flat)
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Item no.: 1568528
for: 2 horns (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1567456
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1601026
for: 1–2 horns (F), piano
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Item no.: 1600926
for: Horn (F), piano
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Item no.: 1600687
for: 4 horns (quartet)
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Item no.: 1599752
for: 4 horns (quartet)
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Item no.: 1601671
for: Horn (F), piano
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Item no.: 1601519
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601473
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NMA) V/14/5 (Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Collection, Urtext)
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 460152
Sound Spectacular
for: Trumpet, horn (F), tenor horn [Winds class, youth concert band]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 691330
for: Horn (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305856
for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305678
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600610
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600367
for: Horn, piano; euphonium ad lib.
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1600251
With The Philharmonic Wind Orchestra - Famous Overtures 5
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1299670
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572406
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572380
for: 1–2 horns (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572304
for: Horn, piano; euphonium ad lib.
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1572296
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573282
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