"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, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 874860
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1042084
für Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 634726
Solo-Konzert
for: Cornet [horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, violin, viola, cello], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 770115
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834095
für 12 Hörner in 3 Chören
for: 12 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1652385
fin Cycle 1
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1108356
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1167117
No. 34 - 60
First Edition
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1655048
Love Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317379
Klassik
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Book
Item no.: 1195175
" Quatuors" (quartets) for 4 horns
from "Method Complète de Trompe de Chasse" of Tyndare-Gruyer
the department
for: 4 hunting horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1655045
Abends will ich schlafen gehn - aus der Oper Hänsel und Gretel
for: Horn, piano [organ]
Score, part
Item no.: 637697
Heft 2
for: 2 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 291541
Hornquartett
Music Box
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668577
Charakterstück
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1638441
(3 Sätze mit Posthorn Solo)
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1010457
for: Horn (F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 645861
for: Horn [cello], piano
Item no.: 176366
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431488
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Horn (E-flat)
Item no.: 160026
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 474254
Marsch für sechs Waldhörner in F
for: 6 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 142919
for horn with piano accompaniment
Musique française originale pour cuivres
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685853
Per Tutti Gli Strumenti
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1165072
for: Horn (F), organ
Music score
Item no.: 834396
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Item no.: 486604
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 460696
Horn und Klavier (1796)
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 483353
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 442654
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 338850
for: Horn, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1562946
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 606228
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, bassoon, orchestra
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 671060
No. 1-38
Collection Johann Wolfgang Joseph Friedrich Thomae
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1655462
Edition Maulwurf
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677568
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1560240
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1108529
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 166580
Sammelsurium 3
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 467576
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 173504
Zugben für Horn und Klaver
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 149052
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671307
on poems by Attila József
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1031375
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 350770
Arrangiamento di M.E. Righi per corno e orchestra d'archi
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1587130
Köbl Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1013192
for: Horn (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 119091
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