"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.
Schule
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 478818
auch zum Selbstunterricht geeignet
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 131091
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 118945
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for Horn in F or E flat
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 191636
A Step Beyond Linear Improvisation
A Player's Guide for All Intruments
for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 214807
A Self-Help Guide for Hornists
for: Horn
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1108856
Brass
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 227559
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 197282
Pop und Rock
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 561210
for: Brass instrument (B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 180569
Instrumental Folio
for: Horn
Buch + CD
Item no.: 361544
E.B. Marks
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 1107807
Meredith Music Resource
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 428809
18 Pieces for Brass, Grades 4 & 5
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 610756
for four horns
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Stimmensatz 4 Hörner in F
Item no.: 1633033
Pop und Rock
for: Horn (F), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1635395
Sudien und Übungen
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1149577
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 977574
Music for Brass
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971489
Music for Brass
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971770
Brass Ensemble
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 400870
auch zum Selbstunterricht geeignet
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 131090
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 941988
for a solo instrument (1998)
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 635008
for Alto Sax and Eb instruments Int/Adv Level
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1352500
Mixed bars, beat changes
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205060
Transcribed Horns
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 552277
May 2018 (A and B Papers)
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681367
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 614987
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 197281
in five books
Vol. 5 : Combined measures (supplement of the 2nd booklet)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 338541
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 473862
A fresh approach
Schott Sight-Reading Series
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 610528
LCM (Grade 8) until the end of 2016
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 963597
ABRSM (Grade 6) to the end of 2020
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 611119
The Path to Mastery and Individuality
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 682717
F Horn 3
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 489565
F Horn
for: Horn, piano
Buch + Einzelstimme + Online-Audio
Item no.: 862540
Their History and Development
Reprint of the Faber & Faber, Ltd., 1976 edition, updated by the author in 1993
for: Brass instrument
Book
Item no.: 416721
CD Sheet Music
for: Horn
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204419
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106732
The fun way to learn.
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 831794
for all treble clef instruments
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music score
Item no.: 245893
Chord Diagrams included – for all musicans and songwriters
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, online audio
Item no.: 335365
for teachers, composers and arrangers
in treble clef
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 657358
A new approach to scale practice
Köbl Edition
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1672963
for: Instrument
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 362894
A complete Self-Study Course for all Musicians
Lessons – Ear Training – Workbook
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, 3 CDs
Item no.: 461618
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