Horn
Repertoire
Recital Programs
(links collected by this
site)
Hornist's Guide to Unaccompanied Solo
Literature -
article by Eldon Matlick (see under the Editorial menu
item)
The Literature section of the Forum of the web site
of the International Horn Society is a great place to
ask or answer any questions about the literature of the
horn.
Library of Congress Horn &
Brass Literature Call Numbers
This listing tells you where what LOC numbers have what
category of music for horns; for example M255-259 is horn
and piano; M557 is brass quintets. Go to the stacks of the
music library and use these numbers to locate categories
and enjoy some musical serendipity in discovering new
literature.
Repertoire Timeline
- from Kayla Nelson's
slick hornhistory.com site.
First Works for the Valved
Horn - article
by John Ericson
The First Orchestral Use of the Valved
Horn: La Juive - article by John
Ericson
High School Horn
Contest Lists
The Ohio Music
Educator's Association (OMEA) has useful high school
contest repertoire lists available online
here (pdf) and here.
Horn Repertoire - rep lists on methods, excerpts,
etudes, solos, and books on frhorn.com.
British Thames Valley University
comprehensive examination lists (pdf) from Grade 1 to Grade 8
(including technique, etudes, solos, sight reading, and
aural tests. A good source for American players of many
pieces that are not well known on this side of the
Atlantic (and should be).
Music for Horn, Oboe and Piano
Trio -
annotated list of this repertoire by Cynthia Carr
Music for Horn and Organ
Music for Horn and
Strings
ABRSM - Complete Horn Syllabus (graded
repertoire) - pdf file.
Piano Accompaniments.com
- Limited selection for
horn, but good idea: mp3 or CD piano accompaniments of
solo pieces for horn by Beethoven, Mozart, Saint-Saens,
Schumann, and Strauss.
Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 performed by
Georgi Partzov (Bulgaria, 1965) [YouTube
video]
Alessio Allegrini performs Richard Strauss's Horn
Concerto No. 2
Dennis Brain talking about horns and performing the
Beethoven Sonata Op. 17, Part 1
Dennis/Beethoven Sonata Part II
