Horn Repertoire and Resource Syllabus 

These categories and lists of etudes, horn technique texts, books, repertoire and excerpts are a basic compilation of works for horn. It is intended to help you begin your own personal collection and to build your library. The dedicated horn player will own printed copies of everything and perform from original parts. 

Concerning IMSLP:  works found on this web resource are in the public domain but may not always be the best (or even acceptable) editions. 

Continue to explore repertoire, recordings, websites, publishers, instrument makers/dealers, teachers, orchestras, music stores and your colleagues.

This document is constantly growing - please email me with additions you would like made. 

Etudes/Methods (*indicates necessary for UMN hornists to own*)

*Louis Dufrasne,Dufrasne Routine (Bacon/Southern Music)

*Ward Fearn, Exercises for Flexible Horn Playing

*Jacques-Francois Gallay,12 Studies for Horn Opus 57 (Chambers)

* Jacques-Francois Gallay, 22 Studies for Horn (Cerminaro)

*Jacques-Francois Gallay, 12 Etudes Brilliantes, op 43 (Chambers)

*Randy Gardner, Mastering The Horn’s Low Register

*Martin Hackleman, 34 Characteristic Etudes for Low Horn Playing

*Kling, 40  Studies for Horn (Chambers)

*Kopprasch, 60 Studies for Horn (Chambers)

*Harold Meek, Basic Technical Studies for Horn (Southern)

*Max Pottag, Daily Exercises for French Horn (Belwin Mills)

*Hermann Neuling, 18 Low Horn Studies

*Verne Reynolds, 48 Etudes

*Schantl, Method for the Valve Horn (Yancich)

*Forrest Standley, Standley Routine for Horn

 *Fred Teuber, Progressive Studies in Flexibility & Range 

Jean Baptiste Arban, Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet/French Horn

Agostino Belloli, 8 Etudes (Sansone)

Marcel Bitsch, 12 Studies

Johannes Brahms 10 Horn Studies Op. post. (Belwin Mills)

William R. Brophy, Technical Studies for Solving Special Problems

Carmine Caruso, Musical Calisthenics for Brass

Giuseppe Concone, Lyrical Studies for Trumpet or Horn

Félix de Grave, Etudes for Modern Valve Horn Op. 13 (Wind Music)

Heinrich Gugel, 12 Etudes for Horn (Gumbert)

Martin Hackleman, 21 Characteristic Etudes for High Horn Playing

Maxime-Alphonse, 200 New Melodic & Gradual Studies, Books 1-6 (can be found on IMSLP)

Bjorn Mueller, 34 Studies for Horn, Op. 64 vol.1 (Chambers)

Hermann Neuling, 15 High Horn Studies

Gabriel Parès, Parès Scales

Gunther Schuller, Studies for Unaccompanied Horn (Oxford)

John R. Shoemaker, Legato Etudes for French Horn (Based on Concone/Belwin)

Franz Strauss, 17 Concert Studies (R. Strauss/Rudel)

Horn Technique (*indicates necessary to own)

 Jeffrey Agrell, A New Approach to an Old Instrument

 Eli Epstein, Horn Playing from the Inside Out

*Philip Farkas, The Art of French Horn Playing

 Philip Farkas, The Art of Brass Playing

 Philip Farkas, The Art of Musicianship

 Fred Fox, Essentials of Brass Playing

 *Randy Gardner, Mastering the horn’s low register

 Randy Gardner, Good Vibrations Masterclasses for Brass Players

 Douglas Hill, Collected Thoughts

 Fergus McWilliam, blow your OWN horn!

 Frøydis Ree-Wekre, Thoughts on Playing Well

 Barry Tuckwell, Playing the Horn 

Books (*indicates necessary to own)

*Sian Beilock, Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To                                                                                                                                                                                                             

*Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code

*David Cutler, The Saavy Musician

The Inner Game of Tennis, W. Timothy Gallwey

Stephen Gamble and William Lynch, Dennis Brain A Life in Music

*Malcom Gladwell, Outliers

Barry Green, The Inner Game of Music

Barry Green, The Mastery of Music, 10 Pathways to True Artistry

Don Greene, Audition Success

*Don Greene, Fight Your Fear

*James E Loehr, The New Toughness Training for Sports

Richard Merewether, The Horn

R Morley-Pegge, The French Horn

Stephen Pettitt, Dennis Brain: A Biography

Jasper Rees, A Devil to Play

Verne Reynolds, The Horn Handbook

Eloise Ristad, A Soprano on Her Head

Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise

Gunther Schuller, Horn Technique

Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism

M. Dee Stewart, Arnold Jacobs - The Legacy of a Master

M. Dee Stewart, Philip Farkas - The Legacy of a Master

Barry Tuckwell, Horn

Solo Repertoire with piano/orchestra (^ indicates major works)

Alan Abbott, Alla Caccia

Atterberg, Concerto

Elsa Barraine, Fanfare (Ch. Gras)

Elsa Barraine, Crepuscules (Ch. Gras)

Carol Barnett, Concerto (MN living composer)

Carol Barnett, Sonata (MN living composer)

James Beckel, The Glass Bead Game

^Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 17

Marcel Bitsch, Variations Sur Une Chanson Française (Leduc)

^Eugène Bozza, En Forêt (LeDuc)

Eugène Bozza, Sur Les Cimes (LeDuc)

Eugène Bozza, En Irlande (LeDuc)

Eugène Bozza, Chant Lontaine (LeDuc)

Margaret Brouwer, Sonata for Horn and Piano

Luigi Cherubini, Two Sonatas for Horn and String Orchestra (Tuckwell)

Arcangelo Corelli(Solodouiew),Sonata in F Majorfor horn and piano

Arcangelo Corelli(Maganini), Suite in Bb Major for horn and piano

Andrea Clearfield, Into the Falcon’s Eye

Andrea Clearfield, Song of the Wolf

Arnold Cooke, Rondo in Bb Major

Jean-Michel Damase, Berceuse, Op. 19 (Leduc)

Jean-Michel Damase, Sonate for horn and piano (Henry Lemoine)

Franz Danzi, Concerto for Horn in Eb (Leloir)

^Paul Dukas, Villanelle for horn and piano

Eric Ewazen, Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra (Presser)

Christoph Förster, Concerto in Eb major (Tuckwell)

Jean Françaix, Divertimento for horn and piano

Jean Françaix, Canon in Octave for horn and piano

Alexander Glazunov, Rêverie Op. 24

^Reinhold Glière, Horn Concerto in Bb major, Op.91

Reinhold Glière, Nocturne for horn and piano, Op. 35

Reinhold Glière, Intermezzo for horn and piano, Op. 35 No. 11

^Joseph Haydn, Concerto No. 1 in D major

^ Joseph Haydn, Concerto No. 2 in D major

(Johann) Michael Haydn, Concertino in D major

Bernhard Heiden, Sonata for Horn and Piano (Hal Leonard)

Paul Hindemith, Sonata

Paul Hindemith, Concerto

Gordon Jacob, Concerto for Horn and Strings

Nicholas von Krufft, Sonata for Horn and Piano

Johan Kvandal, Introduction and Allegro, Op. 30

Lars –Erik Larsson, Concertino for Horn, Op 45 No. 5 (Boosey-Hawkes)

Trygve Madsen, Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 24

Marin Marais, Le Basque (McCoy)

Leopold Mozart, Concerto in D (Tuckwell)

^Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concertos 1-4 Tuckwell edition (Schirmer)

^Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concertos 1-4 G. Henle Verlag Urtext

^Hermann Neuling, Bagatelle for horn and piano (good for low horn)

Carl Nielsen, Canto Serioso (good for low horn)

Francis Poulenc, Élégie for horn and piano

Giovanni Punto (Stich), 16 Horn Concerti (some lost)

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, Horn Sonata Op. 178 (Schott)

(Francesco) Antonio Rosetti, Concerti in various keys (some lost)

^Camille Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert, Op. 94

 Camille Saint-Saëns, Romanze Op. 36

Heinrich Kaspar, Im tiefsten Walde, Op 34 No 4 (Southern Music)

^Robert Schumann, Adagio and Allegro, Op. 7

^Franz Strauss, Concerto No. 1, Op. 8

Franz Strauss, Concerto No 2 in Eb, Op. 14 (Pizka)

Franz Strauss, Les Adieux (Romance for Horn)

Franz Strauss, Fantasy over motives from "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Donizetti) for horn & piano (Pizka)

Franz Strauss, Fantasie über den Sehnsuchtswalzer von Schubert (Bacon/McCoy)

* Franz Strauss, Nocturno Op. 7 for horn and piano

* Franz Strauss, Andante in F for horn and piano

* Franz Strauss, Concerto Op. 8

*Richard Strauss, Concerto No. 1 in Eb major, Op. 11

*Richard Strauss, Concerto 2 in Eb major (TrV 283) 

Richard Strauss, Introduction, Theme and Variations (1878/Schott)

Georg Philipp, Telemann Concerto in D (Tuckwell)

Henri Tomasi, Concerto for horn and piano(LeDuc)

Jane Vignery, Sonate for horn and piano, Op. 7 (Andel)

Gilbert Vintner, Hunter’s Moon (Boosey and Hawkes)

Carl Maria von Weber, Concertino for horn and orchestra in E minor, Op. 45

Unaccompanied Repertoire

Jeffrey Agrell, Romp

David Amram, Blues and Variation for Monk

*Malcom Arnold, Fantasie for Horn, Op. 88

Hermann Baumann, Elegia for Natural Horn

Sigurd Berge, Horn-Lokk

*Buyanovsky, Four Traveling Impressions

Bernhard Krol,Laudatio

David Lyon, Partita

Vincent Persichetti, Parable

Lowell E. Shaw, Just Desserts

Solo Collections

Solos for the Horn Player (Mason Jones)

Schubert 21 Lieder for Horn and Piano (Kazimierz Machala)

Frøydis Favorite Prunes, volumes 1-3 (McCoys’s horn library)

Schumann Album for Horn (arr. Verne Reynolds)

Contemporary French Recital Pieces for Horn and Piano (International)

Orchestral Excerpts

Thompson Edition

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library 

Orchestra Excerpts

Hasko Kroger

International Horn Society website  

Horn Matters, John Ericson PDF excerpts & solos

Horn Opera Project

Eli Epstein Excerpts for Low Horn

Additional sources:

Pope Repair

Paxman

Facebook groups: Horn people, French Horn Trader, Horn Mouthpiece Exchange

Search YouTube.comfor Horn solos repertoire you are working on

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