"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)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 313422
for: Horn, piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 602119
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score (spiral binding), online playback
Item no.: 685709
for: Hunting horn
Music score
Item no.: 129915
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1534258
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 896374
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 462317
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293963
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 601219
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 645913
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 631724
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 471852
for: Horn, organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 2036
for Solo Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 676205
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1678475
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1351916
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1640574
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582058
Tango From Scent Of A Woman
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531084
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1038323
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 1108390
around 1819
for: 3 horns (F)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1654993
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530936
für ein Soloinstrument und Blasorchester
for: Melody instrument, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1558270
für 3 Corni da caccia (Hörner) in D/F, Klavier
Europäische Musik: Deutschland, 17./18. Jahrhundert
for: 3 horns, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1105834
für 2 Instrumente in gleicher Stimmung (Violin-Schlüssel)
for: 2 melodic instruments (identically tuned)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1559743
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 581514
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 490973
Jazz
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 583047
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317332
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 872015
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531063
Klassik
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531042
for: Horn (E-flat), tuba (B-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594495
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 656102
aus `Cancionero de Uppsala´
for: 2 melodic instruments (identically tuned)
Music score
Item no.: 1015998
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626451
Variation In Traditional Irish Dance Music
suitable for all melody instruments
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 634838
für 2 Hörner (Waldhörner) Spielpartitur
for: 2 horns
Music score
Item no.: 636367
Learn to play Brass the Bolywood Way
for: Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 636276
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 976657
Mega Pop 2001 15
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone/horn (E-flat)], piano
Item no.: 278713
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 291529
Köbl Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1013194
for: 10 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023082
for horn in F and piano
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 680276
Ensemble Time 51
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 365184
Notes Etrangeres
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 343629
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