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This is a selected list of musical compositions that feature a prominent part for the natural horn or the French horn, sorted by era and then by composer.

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th century

Unaccompanied

Twenty-first century

  • Lee Actor
    • Horn Concerto
  • Kalevi Aho
    • Horn Concerto
  • Brian Balmages
    • Pele for solo horn and wind ensemble
  • Paul Basler
    • Cantos
    • Harambee for five horns
    • Serenade for horn and piano
    • Folk Songs for horn and piano
      • Alegría (Puerto Rican)
      • Funiculì, Funiculà (Italian)
      • Round Dance (Native American)
      • Niharvend Sarki (Turkish)
      • The Hills of Arirang (Korean)
      • The Drunken Sailor (British)
      • Shenandoah (American)
    • Three Pieces For Horn Quartet
      • Celebration; Chorale; Psalm
    • Lacrymosa for horn duo
    • Folk Songs From The British Isles for horn and piano
    • Dos Danzas for four horns and piano
    • The Ascension for horn choir
  • Karol Beffa
    • Five o'clock, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, Éditions Billaudot
    • Buenos Aires, for brass quintet, Éditions Billaudot
    • Le Pavillon d'or, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, harp, piano, 1 percussion, string quintet, Éditions Billaudot
  • Jeffrey Bishop
    • Spells and Incantations
  • Željko Brkanović [hr]
    • Bagatela for Horn in F and Piano
  • Ole Buck
    • Kindergarten für Flöte, Oboe, Horn und Violine
    • Sonnabend für Flöte, Oboe, Horn und Violine
  • Lydia Lowery Busler [3][dead link]
    • Boreal Quartet for horn, cello, viola, and piano. Four movements. L208
    • Brass Quintet No. 1: Earth, Light and Time. Three movements, L. 210
    • Eliza's Tune for trumpet and horn. L216a
    • Fanfare and Processional for horn solo. L201
    • Lanterns for flute, horn, piano. Four movements Written for the Zinkali Trio, funded by the Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Fund. L223
    • Moon Lilies for horn and piano. L205
    • Mysterium for two horns. Four movements. Written for the Starlight Horn Duo. L225
    • Night Bird for horn alone. A locrian short for Peter Reit 2012. L227
    • Nova Cantorum Ventus alternate wind quintet for young people - flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, horn. L212
    • Uptown Train for 2 sopranos, oboe, flute, and horn. L204
    • Reverence for flute, horn, double bass, piano. L 234
    • Path and Pinnacle for flute, horn, and piano
  • Howard J. Buss (All works published by Brixton Publications)
    • A Day in the City for solo horn
    • Alien Loop de Loopsfor horn and electronic recording
    • Aquarius for three horns
    • Ballad for horn and piano
    • Dreams from the Shadows for horn and vibraphone
    • Fables from Aesop for horn and violin
    • Fanfare for a Golden Era" for 15 horns (written for the 50th Anniversary of the International Horn Symposium, 2018)
    • Four Miniatures for 2 horns
    • Imaginations for horn, trombone and piano
    • In Memoriam for horn and piano
    • Interstellar for horn, tuba, and electronic recording
    • Into the Hall of Valor for horn and band (written for the 50th Anniversary of the International Horn Symposium, 2018)
    • Into the Hall of Valor for horn and piano
    • Jazzical #4 for forn, trombone, tuba, and piano
    • Levi's Dream for 4 horns
    • Night Tide for horn and marimba
    • Passage to Eden for clarinet, horn and piano
    • Pathways for 4 horns
    • Prayer for 12 horns
    • Prelude and Intrada for 4 horns
    • Seasons of Change for solo horn
    • Time Capsule for 2 horns
    • Trio Lyrique for horn, bassoon and piano
  • Elliott Carter
    • Horn concerto
  • Daniel Chazanoff
    • Ballad on the Rolling Stone for French Horn and Piano; Allentoff Music
  • Anthony Cheung
    • Fog Mobiles for solo horn and orchestra
  • Emil Cossetto
    • Music for renaissance tragedy, for flute, clarinet, oboe, basoon and horn
  • Pavle Dešpalj
    • Festival Parade for Horn and Symphonic Orchestra
  • Wladimir Dowgan
    • Zwei Stücke for Horn and Piano
  • Sanja Drakulić
    • Dubine for Strings, two Oboes and two Horns
  • Anders Eliasson
    • Concert for Horn and Orchestra
    • Konzert: Farfalle E Ferro for Horn and String- orchestra
  • Eric Ewazen
    • Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra
  • Richard Faith
    • Movement No. 2 for Horn and Piano
  • Randall Faust
    • Horn Concerto
    • Declamation for Horn and Harpsichord
    • Three English Folk Songs for Horn and Piano
    • Festive Processional for Horn and Organ
    • Sesquicentennial Prelude for Horn and Organ
    • Concerto for Mallet Percussion and Brass Quintet
  • Jelena Firssowa
    • Kammerkonzert No. 4 for Horn and 13 Instruments
  • Kenneth Fuchs
    • Canticle to the Sun (2005)
  • Randy Gardner
    • Why?!
  • Stephen Edward Gerber
    • Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra
    • Lullaby for Jenny (Horn and String Quartet)
  • David Gillingham
    • Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Band
  • Ivan Glibota
    • Marijanski concertino
  • Friedrich Goldmann
    • Trio für Horn, Violine und Klavier
  • Tomaž Habe [sl]
    • Concerto for Horn
  • James Horner
    • Collage for four horns and orchestra
  • Jouni Kaipainen
    • Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 61 (2000–01)
  • David Keeffe
    • Three Poems for Horn and Piano
      • Lonely Watcher of the Skies
      • Bright Cap and Streamers
      • Winds of May
    • Magnificat (horn and piano, horn and band)
    • Octet for Horns
    • Horn Concerto
  • Milko Kelemen
    • Horn and Strings
  • Matthew King
    • King's Wood Symphony (21 horns with optional percussion and electronics)
    • King's Wood Trio (horn, violin and piano)
    • King's Wood Nonet (9 horns with electronics)
  • Gordon J Kinney
    • Fantasy for Horn and Piano
  • David Krivitsky
    • Horn Concerto
  • Brett Kroening
    • 3 Character Pieces for trumpet, horn and tuba
    • Transfiguration for solo horn and piano
  • Lojze Lebič
    • Musica Concertata
  • Frank Ezra Levy
    • Sonata for Horn and Piano (January 2002)
  • Jean-François Lézé
    • Cancoes lunares for Horn, Tuba and Piano
  • Peter Lieberson
    • Horn Concerto
  • Stephen Lines
    • Horn Concerto No.1
    • Horn Concerto No.2
    • Fantasy for Horn and Piano
    • Fantasy for four horns
    • 'Christchurch Variations' for horn and piano
    • Mendelssohn arr. Lines: 'Abshied vom Walde' for horn quartet
    • 'Concert Piece' for horn quartet
    • 'Jubilate Deo' for horn quartet
    • Folk Song 'The Woodcutter' for horn trio
    • Mozart arr. Lines: 'Theme and Two Variations' for horn quartet
    • Telemann arr. Lines: 'Affetuoso from Sonata in C minor' for horn quartet
    • Purcell arr. Lines: 'Rondeau from A Midsummer Night's Dream' for horn quartet
    • Folk Song arr. Lines: 'Down by the Old Mill Stream' for horn trio
    • Sonata in Bb for wind quintet
    • Fanfarina for brass choir
    • 'Three English Dances' for horn quartet
    • Schumann arr. Lines 'Variations on a Theme' for brass quintet
    • Dr. John Blow arr. Lines 'Venus and Adonis' for brass quintet
    • 'The Horns Have It!' for horn quartet
  • Jorge E. López [de]
    • Symphonie fleuve for horn and orchestra, Op. 20 (2005–07)
  • Pamela J. Marshall
    • "wild horn whose voice the woodland fills" for eight horns
  • Colin Matthews
    • Horn Concerto (2001)
  • Ellsworth Milburn
    • Toys in the Audience", for horn, piano and audience
  • Usamah Mustafa
    • "4uartet", for Horns (2005)
    • "For Nikki", Movement for Horn and Piano (2006)
    • Sonata for Low Horn Horn and Piano (2007, revised 2014)
    • "Lamentation", for Horn and Piano (2007, revised 2014)
    • "Ascension at Twilight", for Horn and Piano (2011)
    • "Evening Reveries", for Horn and Piano (2012, revised 2013)
    • "A minute and 59 seconds", Capriccioso for Low Horn and Piano (2013)
    • "Expressions", for 2 Horns and Piano (2013)
    • "Silhouetted Lyrics", for Low Horn and Piano (2014)
    • "Ethereal Majesty", for Horn with Digital Signal Processing, Percussion, and Synthesis (2012)
  • Petar Obradović
    • Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
  • Krzysztof Penderecki
    • Concerto per corno e orchestra "Winterreise"
  • William Presser
    • Fantasy on the Mouldering Vine
    • Elegy and Caprice for Horn and Piano
    • Sonatina
    • Rhapsody on a Peaceful Theme
  • Simon Proctor
    • Concerto for Horn
  • Marin Rabadan
    • Triptychon
  • Craig Russell
    • Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra (Morning's Decisions, Dizzy Bird, Wistful Musing, Tito Machito, Flash)
  • Luis Saglie
    • From Dreams to Reality
  • Aulis Sallinen
    • Horn Concerto, Op. 82 "Campane ed Arie" (2002)
  • Roland Schoelinck
    • "Infinitude" horn concerto with symphonic orchestra created by Jean-Pierre Dassonville
    • "Vent Dominant" 4 horns concerto with wind orchestra created and recorded by Olifant Quartet
    • "Soft breath" (Jazz) for horn and piano created by Lionel Surin
  • Mark Schultz
    • Lights! (2003)
  • Lowell Shaw
    • Fripperies, Quipperies, Tripperies, etc.
  • Thomas Sleeper
    • Concerto for Horn and Orchestra [4]
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
    • Nebadon, for horn and 8-channel electronic music
  • Roland Szentpali
    • Pearls
  • Tomislav Uhlik
    • Concerto for Horn and Strings
    • "Tear" for Horn and Piano
  • Aleksander Vezuli
    • Rondo-Concerto for French Horn and Symphony Orchestra
  • Robert Weirauch
    • Hic Et Nunc for Horn and Piano
  • Herbert Willi
    • Äon (concerto for horn)
  • John Williams
  • Charles Wuorinen
    • Horn Trio
    • Horn Trio Continued
  • Mauricio Annunziata [de; es]
    • Canto de la Audaz Huida, Op. 115, Epic Poem for Soprano, Horn and Piano inspired in the historical episode Éxodo Jujeño
    • Concierto para Corno y Orquesta, Op. 116, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
  • Isidora Žebeljan
    • Dance of the Wooden Sticks, for horn and strings (or string quintet)
  • Salvador Brotons
    • Ab Origine, Horn Concerto opus 114 (Ab Origine-Ciaccona/Cadenza-Giga)** Premiered by Javier Bonet in 2009 with the National Orchestra of Spain conducted by Josep Pons
  • Juan José Colomer
    • Naturaleza Humana-Concerto for Horn, Horn Chorus and orchestra, premiered in 2004 by Javier Bonet. Recorded in the label VERSO

Unaccompanied

See also