"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.
Jazz
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 583047
Entwicklungsstufen Und Technologie
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 583977
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 976657
Southern Music
for: 2 horns
Buch
Item no.: 616260
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 289527
Mega Pop 2001 15
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone/horn (E-flat)], piano
Item no.: 278713
Erstausgabe
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 278276
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 291784
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 291529
De profundis (Psalm 130)
Epilógus I.
De profundis (130. zsoltár)
EMB HI-FI Scores
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256209
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 490973
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 486581
Nach Motiven der Opernversion "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornetts Christoph Rilke"
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 209757
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 215506
Cor En Fa Et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 205150
Erstdruck
for: Horn, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 416424
Erstdruck
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 416397
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 353601
Band 2
Simrock Original Edition
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 356985
for: 4 hunting horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 606879
Southern Music
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 611062
Music Minus One
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 604884
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 601382
15 Progressive Duets for Horns (F or Eb)
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 609149
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 607770
HORN AND PIANO (ORGAN)
MORTIMER, JOHN GLENESK, ARR.
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593112
piano (organ)
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593073
Erstdruck
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 581514
Solo Time 6
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 578485
für Horn in F und Klavier
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593934
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 472123
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 485073
for 3 Horns (or Trompe de chasse etc.)
for: 3 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 559169
Bearbeitung für Horn und Klavier
nach dem Largo aus dem "Reiter"-Streichquartett
for: Horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 489191
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 135479
Ensemble Time 51
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 365184
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333171
4.Suite "Airs de Jeannot et Colin" und "Don Giovanni"
mit Bearbeitungen von W.A. Mozart
4.Suite
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 460379
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Horn
for: Horn
CD-ROM
Item no.: 376993
für Horn und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 349097
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 347454
Brass Solo
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 347245
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 594283
Notes Etrangeres
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 343629
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Item no.: 362588
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 466865
Hommage à la Mémoire de Punto
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 430468
Musica Rara
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 169192
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