"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.
für Parforcehorn-Bläser (Naturhorn)
for: Hunting horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662114
Un percorso ragionato per la pratica dell'improvvisazione a tutti i livelli
Strumenti in Si bemolle
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 972670
Degré préparatoire à moyen
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764289
for French Horn (es alto or mellophone)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 560488
Schule für Horn in F
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 1023029
Notengerechtes Blasen – Die deutschen Jagdsignale – Signale und Fanfaren
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 179430
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766941
Composities voor het A-examen
for: Horn, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771977
für Horn
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 658586
Hornschule
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 432077
Vlaams Editie
Complete methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 770138
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 768908
Bläserunterricht in Klassen, Gruppen und Ensembles für Kinder von 7-12 Jahren
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663100
Musiklehre und Gehörbildung mit relativer Solmisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 676421
60 Etüden zum Erlernen des Transponierens
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 306197
10 Bossa Nova und Samba Akkordfolgen
Play Along Serie – Improvisieren
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.: 444841
erweiterte Neuauflage der erfolgreichen Hornschule
for: Horn
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 562054
Die geniale und spaßige Hornschule für Horn in F und B
für Einzel- und Gruppenunterricht
for: Horn (F/B flat)
Music lesson book (spiral binding), online audio
Item no.: 617048
for: Wind instrument
Book
Item no.: 345488
Théorie et pratique
Exemples en clé de Sol et clé de Fa
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767178
A Method for the Teaching & Learning of Transposition on the Horn
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1351453
für Horn in F
Die Schule für den Früh-Instrumentalunterricht
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 458910
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 254021
2 Übemethoden und Trainigshilfen
clarino.extra Band 11
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 613021
De vijf basisakkoorden
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013297
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 648802
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 6
Livre de l'élève
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772696
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767785
Band 2: 50 neue melodische Etüden
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 215866
for: Instrument
Item no.: 215834
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 771936
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4a – Lehrheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103245
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4b – Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103255
Anfängerschule
for: Trumpet [horn/tenor horn]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 293958
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 659327
Vlaams Editie
Complete methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
for: Winds class [alto horn (E-flat)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 770146
Eine Auswahl aus den Gesangsetüden
for: Brass instrument, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 1043376
Traité de contrepoint
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 647038
Tonleitern im Bau
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 223144
Die Instrumentation (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 286705
Hip Bone Music
for: Horn
Music score, CD (audio)
Item no.: 564842
Principes, exercices, trucs et astuces – tout ce qu'il faut savoir !
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768903
Übungsprogramm für Sänger, Instrumentalisten und Schauspieler
Studienbuch Musik – 4. überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage
for: Wind instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 223772
Ein didaktisch-methodischer Wegweiser
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 605741
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 636751
Volume 1 Cor (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100986
Fin d'études
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 764290
Twenty-two stylistic studies for all treble clef instruments
Bugs Bower's Bop
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 664289
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