"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 score, solo part
Item no.: 880762
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 874840
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Book
Item no.: 969713
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 926359
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 924364
17 études
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1343105
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 924702
Southern Music
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 926747
(Nr. 4)
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687005
für Horn und Orchester (1800)
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648781
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 933408
Cor En Fa Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 295742
Klassik
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 820016
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818260
Music for Brass (Robert King)
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268371
Klassik
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 267750
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 266886
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 270855
Jeux D'Ensemble
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 183979
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 262278
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 248066
for: Horn, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 246598
Instrumental Solo Series
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 243005
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 351317
for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 314440
for: Hunting horn
Item no.: 413072
für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 283276
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281915
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 281911
Heft I/2: Übungs- und Spielstücke für Horn
for: Horn
Item no.: 420294
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 444735
for: Horn
Item no.: 444580
for horn and pianoop. 45
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 354338
Study in Jazz
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 357153
Adrian's Song Album Series
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 744914
Instrumental Solos
for: Horn, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 627758
Jazz Play-Along Volume 54
10 Great Jazz Standards including "A Child Is Born", "Small Fry", "Lover Man" etc.
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 445290
for: Natural horn [Horn]
Music score
Item no.: 376428
for: Horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 470840
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
Solo Arrangements of 15 Favorite Songs for horn
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 603309
Sound Spectacular
for: Trumpet, horn (F), tenor horn [Winds class, youth concert band]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 691330
exempla nova 482
for: Horn
Item no.: 577864
for: Horn (F), piano
Item no.: 610908
29 Duets That can Be Played by Any Combination of Wind Instruments
for: Horn
Item no.: 865253
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 888849
Music Minus One
for: Horn
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 1043632
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