"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.: 1383120
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277182
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1277097
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276947
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276858
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276840
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276679
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276608
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278237
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348041
Arden Horn Quartets
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1623074
for: Horn
Item no.: 326199
Trompete, Cornet, Es-Horn, Euphonium und Bass im Violinschlüssel
for: Brass instrument
Music score
Item no.: 587938
Geschichte und musikalische Nutzung
25. Musikinstrumentenbau-Symposium
Michaelstein, 8. bis 10. Oktober 2004
Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte 70
for: Horn
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 487349
for: Horn
Item no.: 350133
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212666
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221010
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1148918
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249388
for: 2 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271781
Edition Schott
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743419
for horn in F and piano
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 758567
for: 3 horns
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 471992
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1701717
From Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
opus 61/9
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 647725
for: Horn, strings
Score
Item no.: 482468
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 430470
for: Melody instrument, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1652330
for: Flugelhorn [horn (F)], Organ [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562703
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648785
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 376116
for: Horn, strings
Score
Item no.: 380850
for: Baritone horn [tuba/ horn], concert band
Score
Item no.: 1018327
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1623081
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1012607
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 281912
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 281909
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 342306
for: Hunting horn
Music score
Item no.: 775106
for: Hunting horn
Music score
Item no.: 775094
(complete)
for: Horn, piano
Performance scores
Item no.: 380854
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 354535
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221515
for: Horn, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659044
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 910047
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995672
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 585038
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 997303
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