"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, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186448
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276857
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 935319
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 937231
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278266
for: Horn
Item no.: 333116
for: Horn (F)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 313422
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 261735
for: Horn
Item no.: 158075
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 859920
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 859746
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 858317
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1349352
K
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1283142
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531133
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 1678475
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1351916
op. 59/3
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726184
transcribed for horn and piano by Matthew Mauro
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1633064
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1640574
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582058
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 1670462
für Blechbläser (Ensemble/Posaunenchor) Spielpartitur Posaunen
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Item no.: 1664873
from the Flute Sonata
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995679
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746739
Tango From Scent Of A Woman
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531084
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1038323
Die ecuadorianische Nationalhymne
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2604
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 1108390
op. 15/7
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738084
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 626915
Erstdruck
for: Horn, bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 627613
First Printing
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 665741
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
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 601382
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 581514
Cor En Fa Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 205150
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 490973
Jazz
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 583047
Entwicklungsstufen Und Technologie
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 583977
Musiktheorie
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354319
op. 50
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 741049
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317332
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 872015
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