Repertory of the horn

Here a list of works written for the horn or including/understanding an important part of horn, classified by kind, musical period and Type-setter.

Horn alone

Cobalt for horn alone (2005)
  • David Amram

Blues and Variations for Monk for horn alone Fantasy for horn, COp 88 (1966) Fa7 Reduced for natural horn
  • Jean-Thierry Clearly-Obscure Bushel

(2005) Graphics (1975?) Trifle (2005)
  • Carson Cooman

Turning Sunwards (2005)
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

Sea Eagle the Moon of blood (2004)
  • Robin Holloway

First Partita for horn alone, COp 62
Second Partita for horn alone, COp 62
  • Juan Jose Llimerá

Diàleg for horn alone (1998)
  • Bernhard Krol

Laudatio for horn alone solar Râ god Monodie V for a Space Crowned (1992)
  • Kerry Turner

Characters for horn alone (1985)

Chamber music

Baroque

Tafelmusik for 2 horns, cords and low continues
Menuet in major C for 2 horns
Concerto for horn, violin and low continues
Concerto to three for horn, flute and low continues
Quatuor in major D for 2 violins, horn and low continues
Quatuor in major F for violin, horn, violoncello and low continues
Quintette in major D for 2 oboe des amore, 2 horns and low continues
Quintette in major D for 2 oboes, 2 horns and low continues
Quintette in major F for 2 horns, 2 violins and low continuous
Quintet in major F for 2 oboes/violins, 2 horns and bassoon
Quintets in major F for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon
Quintette in major F for 2 oboes, 2 horns and low continues
Quintette in major F for 2 oboe des amore, 2 horns and low continues
Divertimento in major E flat for 2 horns, 2 flutes, cords and low continues
Marche in major F for 2 horns, 3 oboes and bassoon
Fanfare in major D for horn, 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola and low continues
Concerto in major D for horn, cords and low
Concertos continues in major D for 2 horns, cords and low continues
Concerto in major D for 2 violins, 2 horns, cords and low continues
Concerto in major E flat for 2 horns, cords and low continues
Concertos in major F for 2 horns, cords and low continues
Concerto in major D for 3 horns and violin, cords and low continue
Concerto in major F for 2 horns, violin, recorder, oboe and violoncello, cords and low continue
Ouverture in major D for 2 horns AD lib, cords and low continues
Ouverture in major D for 2 horns, cords and low
continues Opening in major D for 2 horns and 2 oboes, cords and low continues for Mo. the Landgrave Louis VIII of Hessen-Darmstadt
Opening in major D for 2 horns, 2 oboes and bassoon
Ouverture in major E flat for 2 horns AD lib, cords and low continues
Ouverture in major F for 2 horns AD lib, cords and low continues
Ouverture in major F for 2 horns, 2 oboes and bassoon, cords and low continue
Ouverture in major F for 2 horns, 2 violins and low continues
Ouverture in major F for 2 horns, 2 oboes/violins and bassoon
Ouvertures in major F for 2 horns, 2 oboes and bassoon
Ouverture in major F for 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins and low continues
Ouverture in major F for 2 horns, cords and low continues
Suite in major F for 2 horns, 2 oboes and bassoon
Ouverture in major F for 2 horns, 2 oboe des amore and bassoon
Ouverture in minor ground for 2 horns AD lib, cords and low continues " Musette"
Ouverture in major for 2 horns AD lib, cords and low one continues
Ouverture in the minor for 2 horns AD lib, cords and low continues

Traditional

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, COp 16 (1796)
Septuor for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, clarinet, horn and bassoon, COp 20 (1799)
  • Luigi Belloli

Sonata in major MIB for natural horn and toothing-stone
  • Louis-François Dauprat

Scottish Air for horn and toothing-stone, COp 22
Duos for horns
Quintette n° 1 in major F for horn and string quartet
Grand Sextet for horns
Sonate in major F, COp 2
Sonate in F for horn and toothing-stone
Grand Trio for horns n° 1
Grand Trio for horns n° 2, COp 4
Grand Trio for horns n° 3, COp 4 Divertimento for clarinet, horn, violin, viola and bassoon in MIB, P 111
Romanze for horn and major string quartet in lab
  • Joseph Haydn

Cassation for 4 horns and cords in major D, H2 n°D22 (1763)
Cassation for oboe, bassoon, 2 horns and cords in major F, H2 n°f2
Partita for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and double bass in sib major
Partita for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons in major MIB, H2 n°Eb12
Divertimento for 2 clarinets and 2 horns
  • Night Franz Anton Hoffmeister

n° 4 and 5 for oboe, horn, 2 violins and bassoon
Partita for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons
  • Nikolaus von Krufft

Variations for horn and piano Quintet in major E flat for horn, violin, 2 alti and violoncello, K.407
Quintet in major E flat for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, K.452 Trios for 3 horns, COp 82
Trios for 2 horns and violoncello, COp 93
Quintets for wind quintet, COp 100
Quintet for horn and string quartet, COp 104 Prelude, Topic and Variations for horn and piano
Introduction, Andante and Allegro, Imagination for horn and piano
6 quartets for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon
the appointment of hunting for 4 horns Trio for horn, violin and violoncello in MIB

Romantic

  • Johannes Brahms

Trio for piano, violin and horn in MIB, COp 40
  • Anton Bruckner

Mass n°1 for viola solo, 2 horns and organ Small Symphony for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (1888)
Six melodies for horn Trio in the minor, COp 188 for oboe, horn and piano
Trio for clarinet, horn and piano
  • Nikolaï Rimsky-Korsakoff

Notturno for 4 horns
  • Franz Schubert

Auf dem Ström for tenor, horn and piano
Mailied for 2 votes and 2 horns, D199
Mailied for 2 votes and 2 horns, D202
Der Morgenstern for 2 votes and 2 horns, D203
Jägerlied for 2 votes and 2 horns, D204
Lützow' S Wilde Jagd for 2 votes and 2 horns, D205
  • Robert Schumann

Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano, COp 70 (1849)
Five songs of Hunting for chorus of man and 4 horns, COp 137 (1849)
Konzertstuck for 4 horns and orchestrated in F major, COp 86 Empfindungen amndt Meere, COp 12
Imagination, COp 2
the Good-byes
Night, COp 7
Topics and Variations, COp 13

Modern

Sonata for horn and piano Reduced for horn and organ (1898) Remote Song for horn and piano
In Forest for horn and piano
On the Summits for horn and piano
In Ireland for horn and piano
Continuation for four horns (1951) Intermezzo for horn and piano n° 11, Night COp 35
for horn and piano n° 10, COp 35
Lovesong for horn and piano n° 6, Sad COp 35
Waltz for horn and piano n° 7, COp 35 Sonata for horn and piano (1939)
Sonata for horn viola in MIB and piano (1943)
Sonata for 4 horns (1952) Sonata for horn, COp 70
  • Hermann Neuling

Trifle for serious horn and piano Reduced for horn and piano “In memory off Brain Refusals” (1957)
Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone Andante for horn and piano, posthumous COp 86a (1888)
Introduction, Topic and Variations for horn and piano, COp 52 (1878) Six Parts for 4 horns

Contemporary

Went Caccia for horn and piano
  • David Amram

Shakespearien Concerto for oboe, 2 horns and cords
Concerto for horn and symphony orchestra with winds (“Concerto for horn and wind symphony) orchestrated”
Three songs for marlboro for horn and violoncello
Trio for saxophone tenor, horn and bassoon Quintet of coppers n° 1, COp 73 (1961)
Quintet of coppers n° 2, COp 132 (1987) Epanalepse for four horns and organ (2005)
the Garden of the delights for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet (2005)
Wind, perhaps… for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba (2005) Serenade for tenor, horn and cords (1943)
Now sleeps the crimson petal for tenor, horn and cords ((1943)
Canticle n° 3 “Still Falls the Rain” for tenor, horn and piano (1954)
The Heart off the Matter for narrator, tenor horn and piano (1956)
  • Arthur Butterworth

Morris Dancers for 4 horns
  • Carson Cooman

Giant Colored Bird III per 8 horns
In What Times Remains for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba (2005)
Shining Space for horn and string quartet (2006)
Solar Visions for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (2005)
Sonata for Choirs Arm for 3 trumpets, 3 horns, 2 trombones and tuba (1999)
  • Jean-Michel Damask

Aspects (1998)
Lullaby, op.19 (1951)
Pavane Varied (1992)
Sonata (1996)
  • Jean Françaix

Canon with the octave for horn and piano (1953)
exotic Dances for 2 flutes piccolo, 2 haubois, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet and percussions (1981)
Franz Schubert, Three Military Marches for 2 flutes, 2 haubois, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1987)
Frederic Chopin, Three Scottish and Variations on a German popular Air for 2 flutes piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1989)
merry Paris for trumpet and flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, horn, double bassoon, 2 trumpets (1974)
the Hour of the Shepherd for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, horn, trombone and piano (1947)
new-look Mozart for double bass, 2 flutes, 2 haubois, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1981)
Music to give Pleasure for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1984)
Last nine Characteristic Parts for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1973)
Notturno E Divertimento for 4 horns (1987)
Octuor for clarinet, horn, bassoon, oboe, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, flute (1972)
Eleven Variations for double bass and 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet (1982)
to thank the Audience for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, violoncello and piano (1994)
Quasi improvisando for 2 flutes piccolo, 2 haubois, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet (1978)
Wind quintet n°1 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1948)
Wind quintet n°2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1987)
Seven Dances for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1971)
Sixtuor for flute, haubois, clarinet, bassoon, horn and low clarinet (1991)
Variations on a pleasant topic for 2 flutes, 2 haubois, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and piano (1976)
  • Gordon Jacob

Scherzo for Arm for 2 trumpets, horn and trombone (1952)
  • Jan Koetsier

Five News for 4 horns, COp 34a (1947)
  • Bernhard Krol

Basler Romanze for 4 horns
Hubertus Serenade for 4 horns, COp 102
Missa Transferred for horn and organ, COp 55
  • Jean-Yves Malmmasson

Figurines for copper quintet Canzona for winds and percussions (1970)
Dance-Movements for horn, piano and violin (?) (1967)
Fantasy for copper quartet (horn, 2 trumpets, trombone) (1965)
Rounds for copper quintet (1967)
Symphony for ten wind instruments (1964)
The Goddess Trilogy for horn and piano
The Castle off Arianrhod (1973)
Flowering (1975)
Shape-Shifter (1975)
  • Jiří Pauer

Trio for 3 horns (1986)
  • Werner Pirchner

Born for Horn for 4 horns, PWV 36 (1989)
Feld-, Wald- und Wiesen-Soli for horn alone, PWV 53 (1991)
the Tirol? for 2 horns, or horn and tuba, or horn and trombone, PWV 65 (1993)
Palmsonntag im Künstlerzimmer for violin and horn, PWV 71 (1994)
  • David Solomons

Petticoat Lane for horn and piano
Two Parts for copper Quintet Anakrôn III per 8 horns
Symphonic Dances for 8 horns
3 Equales for 3 horns
  • German Tailleferre

Choral and Two Variations for copper Quintet Corsica Song for horn and piano
Five Dances profane and crowned for horn and piano
Small Continuation for 4 horns
Spring for sextet with winds (1964)
Wind quintet (1952)
Variations on a Corsican topic for wind quintet (1925)
  • Kerry Turner

Chaconne for 3 horns (1994)
Four-bit byte-After-Furnace for horn, violin and piano (1996)
Brass band for Barcs for 4 horns (1989)
Four-bit byte NR. 1 per 4 horns (1986)
Variations one has Luxembourgish Folk Song for 4 horns (1986)
Quartet NR. 2 " Americana" for 4 horns (1988)
Fiesta Brass band for 4 horns or 4 trumpets (1990)
Four-bit byte NR. 3 per 4 horns (1992)
Unlikely Fusion: Prolog and Epilog for 4 horns, tuba, harpsichord and violin (1993)
Fandango for 4 horns (1996)
Four-bit byte NR. 4 per 4 horns (1996)
Continuation for tuba solo and 4 horns (1999)
Barbara Allen - fantasy part for 4 (or 8) horns (2000)
Three Movements for 4 horns (2003)
Rule Britannia! for 4 horns (2003)
Kasbah off Tetouan for 5 horns (1990)
The Ghosts off Dublin for 8 horns (2000)
Symphony off Carols for 8 horns (whose 2 optional horns ds the Alps) (2004)
Farewell to Red Castle for 8 horns (1995)
Take 9 Brass band for 9 horns (2001)
Will bandage for trumpet, horn, trombone and piano (or marimba) (1987)
'Twas has Dark and Stormy Night for horn and organ (or piano) (1989)
Six Lives off McBride Jack for voice tenor, horn, violin and piano (1993)
Ghost Riders for 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone and tuba (1994)
The Pocono Menagerie for trumpet, horn, tuba (or euphonium) and piano (1994)
Rhapsody for wind quintet and string quartet (2001) Motet for copper Quintet (1999-2005)

Concerting works

Compositions for horn accompanied by a piano or an orchestra.

Baroque

  • Christoph Förster

Concerto in MIB for horn and orchestra

Traditional

Concerto for horn in F
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for horn and piano, COp 17 (1800)
  • Agostino Belloli

Concerto for natural horn Concerto for horn in major the
  • Louis-François Dauprat

Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 1, COp 1
Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 2, COp 9
Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 3, COp 18
Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 4, COp 19, “Homage to the Memory of Punto”
Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 5, COp 21
Concertino for horn Concertino for horn in major D, P 134
  • Joseph Haydn

Concerto for horn n° 1 in D, H7d n°3
Concerto for horn n° 2 in D, H7d n°4
Concerto for 2 horns in semi major Concerto n° 1 for horn and orchestra (1784)
Concerto n° 1 per 2 horns and orchestra (1792)
Concerto n° 2 per 2 horns and orchestra
Lovesong for 3 horns and orchestra
  • Nikolaus von Krufft

Sonata for horn and piano Concerto for 2 horns in semi (1752)
Concerto for horn in D Rondo for horn and orchestra in E flat, K. 371 (1781)
Concerto for horn n° 1 in D, K.412 (1782)
Concerto for horn n° 2 in E flat, K.417 (1783)
Concerto for horn n° 3 in E flat, K.447 (1783)
Concerto for horn n° 4 in E flat, K.495 (1786)
  • Joseph Reicha

Concerto into semi for 2 horns, COp 5
Introduction and Rondo in F for horn and orchestra Concerto for horn, string orchestra, 2 flutes and 2 horns, IDIOT 138

Romantic

Sonata, COp 28 Concerto for 4 horns and orchestra
  • Karl Matys

Concerto for horn n° 1
Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 2, COp 24
Concerto for horn n° 3, op.39
Concerto for horn n° 4 Sonate for horn and pianoforte, COp 34
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

Piece of concert, COp 94 for horn and orchestra or piano
Lovesong in F for horn and orchestra, COp 36
  • Robert Schumann

Konzertstück for 4 horns and orchestra, COp 86 (1849) Concerto in C minor, COp 8 (1867) Concertino as a semi minor, COp 45 (1815)

Modern

Villanelle for horn and orchestra (or piano) Concerto for major horn in sib, COp 91 (1951) Concerto for horn and orchestra (1949) Concerto in F for 4 horns and orchestra Concerto for horn n° 1 in Major MIB, COp 11 (1883)
Concerto for horn n° 2 in Major MIB, COp 132 (1942)

Contemporary

Concerto scorrevole for horn and orchestra (2006) Peermusic verlag, hamburg
  • David Amram

Concerto for horn and orchestra (or piano) Concerto for horn and orchestra n° 1, COp 11 (1945)
Concerto for horn and string orchestra n° 2, COp 58 (1956)
  • Alexander Arutunian

Concerto for horn (1985) Concerto for horn
  • Arthur Butterworth

Romanza for horn and cords (1954)
  • Jean Françaix

Divertimento for horn and orchestra (or piano) (1959)
  • Robin Holloway

Sonata for horn and orchestra, COp 43a
Adagio and Rondo for horn and orchestra, COp 43b
Concerto for horn, op.43
Serenata Notturna for horn and orchestra, COp 52
  • Gordon Jacob

Concerto for horn and string orchestra (1951)
  • Bernhard Krol

Concerto barocco for horn and orchestra, COp 86
Corno concerto (Study in jazz) for horn and orchestra jazz, COp 29
Barber-Metamorphosen for horn and string orchestra, COp 61
  • Jiří Pauer

Concerto for horn and orchestra (1958) The two Léa' S songs for horn and piano
2 Legends for horn and piano Concerto for horn and orchestra (1955)
  • Kerry Turner

Introduction and Hand Vent for 4 horns and orchestra (1992)
Sonata for horn and piano (1989)
Concerto for serious horn and chamber orchestra (1995)

Orchestral works

Symphonic music including/understanding important part of horn, like a solo.

Baroque

Traditional

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony n° 5, COp 67 (1808)
“Pastoral” Symphony n° 6, COp 68 (1808)
Symphony n° 7, COp 92 (1813)
Symphony n° 8, COp 93 (1814)
Symphony n° 9 “Ode with the joy”, COp 125 (1824), started from horn 4

Romantic

  • Johannes Brahms

Symphony n° 1, COp 68 (1876)
Symphony n° 2, COp 75 (1877)
Symphony n° 4, COp 98 (1885)
Concerto for piano n° 2, COp 83
Opening for an academic festival, COp 80 (1880), horn 3
Serenade, COp 11 (1857)
  • Anton Bruckner

Symphony n° 4 “Romantic” (1878)
Symphony n° 7 (1883)
Symphony n° 8 (1890)

Modern

Swedish Rhapsody n° 1 “Midsommarvaka”, COp 19 (1904)
Swedish Rhapsody n° 2 “Uppsalarapsodi” (1907)

Contemporary

  • John Adams

Short Wrinkles in has Fast Machine (1986) Three parts for orchestra, COp 6 (1914) West Side Story, Symphonic Dances (1961)
Ingenuous, opening (1956)

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