"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.
Übungsduette zum Üben von Phrasierungen
for: 2 alto saxophones [baritone saxophones/ clarinets/ horns E-flat]
Ensemble score (E-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 492645
für Horn und Klavier (1795)
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 479391
Musik Fuer Horn
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 455920
10 Strauss Favourites arranged
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 602756
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 39~Dtoe 39
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.: 103433
Heft I/2: Übungs- und Spielstücke für Horn
for: Horn
Item no.: 420294
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 174749
Musica Rara
for: 2 horns, piano
Item no.: 136776
ars instrumentalis 074
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 108366
Ensemble Time 52
for: 2 horns
Item no.: 365181
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 343742
for: Horn, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 368468
for 3 horns
for: 3 horns
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 374620
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 364559
3.Suite "Airs de Jeannot et Colin" und "Don Giovanni"
mit Bearbeitungen von W.A. Mozart
3.Suite
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 428785
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 377208
Aus "Ein Sommernachtstraum" für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 130826
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 338058
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 295045
17 études
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1343105
Instrumental Solos
for: Horn, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 627758
(Nr. 4)
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687005
for: 8 horns
Item no.: 486665
for: Horn, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588157
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 248066
Musikinstrumentensammlungen in Deutschland
2., aktualis. u. erw. Auflage
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 329714
for horn and pianoop. 45
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 354338
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963863
Klassik
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 892070
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 927035
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1658464
Erstdruck
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655441
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 926359
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1555567
for: Horn, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279173
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 165472
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1169921
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 351317
Jazz Play-Along Volume 21
10 Rodgers & Hart Classics, including "My Funny Valentine", "Isn't It Romantic", "Manhattan" 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.: 132912
for: Horn
Music score, CD
Item no.: 560866
for: Horn
CD
Item no.: 579797
Easy Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 804551
for: Horn
Item no.: 444580
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
für Klavier und Horn
(mit Alternativ-Fassungen für Violoncello und Violine)
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 359506
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 412687
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
There is a separate Stretta website for the country Worldwide. If your order is to be delivered to this country, you can switch, so that delivery times and shipping conditions are displayed correctly. Your shopping cart and your customer account will remain the same.
switch to Stretta Music Worldwide
stay on Stretta Music Denmark
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
