"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 (F), piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1632946
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 4422
for: 2 horns [clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3958
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3231
for: Horn, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1204533
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Book
Item no.: 134903
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315533
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 256960
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 694936
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 336494
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 266922
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266845
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266759
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 820123
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1015630
for: Horn
Score
Item no.: 101105
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818941
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135275
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 209756
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 693561
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 141086
for: Instrument
Item no.: 157042
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low), accordion [piano]
Set of parts
Item no.: 766846
Hornkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 149083
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 353210
Original Version and Revised Version by Mozart completed by Robert D. Levin
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616584
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 822792
for: Brass instrument
Book
Item no.: 771854
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 606225
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 606600
for: Horn (E-flat)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 958820
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266370
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 780564
for: Horn
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 693713
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 693306
for: 2 melodic instruments (identically tuned)
Set of parts
Item no.: 407648
Jazz Play-Along
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 660995
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 765408
for: 2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 563623
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 603483
für Corno concertato, 2 Violinen, Viola & Basso
Sammlung Lund Nr.13
Wahrscheinlich von Anton Joseph Hampel verfasst
for: Horn, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 482467
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576877
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 338707
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 130910
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401444
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 256175
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 344183
aus "Sechs religiöse Gesänge" op. 157
für Corno da caccia in A/C und Orgel
for: Hunting horn, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 460698
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