"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.: 166931
Folk aus England
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 1006242
Volume III
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 830340
Volume I
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 829732
Cor Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 829168
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655939
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 909709
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1211934
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 223231
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 981866
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1069160
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 1658501
F Horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1009767
Horns F
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1016148
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1012949
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1010966
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 937013
for: Horn
Set of parts
Item no.: 905531
Duets, trios and quartets for flexible instrumentation
correlated with "Accent on Achievement 2"
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Single part
Item no.: 692107
From "Cavalleria Rusticana"
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 863325
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1112383
French Horn Repertoire
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348177
(Urtext)
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344682
Musica Rara
for: 2 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639701
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 170610
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 970587
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 223523
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 886772
for: Horn, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 300860
Solo Horn part only
for: Horn, string orchestra, latin percussion
Single part Horn
Item no.: 1595952
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 201143
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 194202
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 820446
for: Wind instrument
Music score
Item no.: 734607
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 612377
for: 2 horns
Score
Item no.: 578486
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 555315
for: Horn, bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656542
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1201578
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 1139351
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 890449
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 420207
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304982
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Score
Item no.: 103424
Gruber: Vier marianische Antiphonen 2 Hörner
for: 2 horns
Single part(n)
Item no.: 644846
A Mixed-Level Program for Groups & Individual Instruction
for: Melody instrument (F)
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 1659560
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355373
op. 47/6
for: 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 756670
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