"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: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 772560
for: Alto horn (E-flat)
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 1027057
40 Progressive Studies for horn
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 280977
144 systematisierte Etüden verschiedener Autoren für Horn
Band 2 (Nr. 69-144)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 687355
Complete methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
Deel 1
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 763009
Complete methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
Deel 1
for: Winds class [alto horn (E-flat)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 763538
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 9
Livre de l'élève
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772873
für Horn (Waldhorn)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 657802
for: Instrument
Item no.: 338019
for: Trumpet [horn]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768564
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 485852
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103242
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103240
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 121005
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 430791
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1684219
for: Horn (F/E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770358
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 763560
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 680196
for: Instrument [voice]
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1550479
Band 14: Richard Strauss
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 142571
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 554239
Heft 3: Händel, Mozart, Haydn, Tschaikowsky, Schumann
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 150376
for: Trumpet [horn/tenor horn]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 223835
Übungsbuch über die Wandlung des melodischen Ausdrucks von Tonreihen durch Änderung von Taktgewichtung und Akzentuierung
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1018097
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 7
Livre de l'élève
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772731
Méthode pratique pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552077
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403807
65 Progressive Studies
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 280789
Mancherlei Theoretisches und Praktisches
(Für den jungen Blasmusikdirigenten)
for: Wind instrument
Book
Item no.: 336294
Einspielübungen
Flexibilität, Höhe, Tonleiter, Fingertechnik, Lange Töne, Bindungen, Anstoss
for: Brass instrument (treble clef)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 138974
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, CD
Item no.: 604592
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 183752
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 143468
for: Wind instrument (Treble Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 589533
for: Winds class [horn (F/B flat)]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 473233
Vlaams Editie
Complete Methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
for: Winds class [alto horn (E-flat)]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 770170
for: Horn
Fingering chart
Item no.: 658435
für Horn (Waldhorn)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 658161
Heft 15
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 158792
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766941
für Parforcehorn-Bläser (Naturhorn)
for: Hunting horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662114
Zusammengefasste Grundlagen der Methode von Malte Burba
Workout: ein sytematischer Übungsplan – Symmetrische und pentatonische Skalen
for: Brass instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 363819
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 164452
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 152196
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 179430
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 377375
für Horn
Die Schule für den Früh-Instrumentalunterricht
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 371058
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