List of compositions for horn
Appearance
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
[edit]- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Beer
- Concerto à 4, for posthorn, hunting horn, two violins, and continuo, in B-flat major
- Horn Concerto in B major
- Johann Friedrich Fasch
- Concerto for 2 Horns FaWV L:D14
- Concerto for 2 Horns in D Major FaWV L:D18
- Concerto for 2 Horns FaWV L F2
- Christoph Förster
- Concerto ex Dis [i.e., in E-flat], No. 1, for horn, two violins, viola and basso continuo, Lund manuscript No. 5 (Saml. Wenster J:1–17)
- Concerto ex Dis Dur [i.e., in E-flat major] No. 2, for horn, two violins, viola and basso continuo, Lund manuscript
- Carl Heinrich Graun
- Concerto in D major for corno concertato, 2 violins, viola and basso
- Trio ex D for horn, violin and Basso
- Concerto in D major for horn, oboe d' amore and basso
- Concerto in E major for horn, oboe d`amore and basso
- Christoph Graupner
- Concerto for 2 Horns in G major, GWV 332
- Anton Joseph Hampel
- Concerto in D for horn, 2 violins, viola and basso
- Georg Friedrich Händel
- Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major, HWV 333
- Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F, HWV 334
- Aria in F major HWV 410, for 2 horns, 2 oboes and bassoon
- Johann David Heinichen
- Concerto in F major, for 2 corni da caccia, 2 flutes, 2 violins, 2 violas, and basso continuo (Seibel 231, Haußwald I:15)
- Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo in F Major Seibel 233
- Georg Melchior Hoffmann
- 2nd Concerto a 7 for horn, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo
- Johann Melchior Molter
- Concerto in D
- Johann Georg Pisendel
- Concerto in D for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and continuo.
- Johann Joachim Quantz
- Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major[citation needed]
- Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major[citation needed]
- Concerto ex D-sharp major for corno concertato, oboe, 2 violins, viola and basso[citation needed]
- III. Concerti a Corno concertato[citation needed]
- Johann Christian Reinhardt
- Concerto ex Dis-Dur [i.e., E-flat major] for corno concertato, 2 violins, viola, and basso continuo (Lund University Library MS Wenster J:1–17)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt
- Concert a 5 for Horn, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso continuo
- Johann Georg Roellig
- Concerto in E-flat major
- Concerto in D major
- Concerto ex D major for Corno concertato, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso
- Heinrich Schultz
- Concerto ex D-sharp
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Concerto in E-flat major, for 2 horns, strings, and continuo, TWV 54:Es1, from Musique de table, troisième Production (Table Music, third Production)
- Concerto for Horn, Strings, and Continuo in D major, TWV 12:D8
- Horn Concerto in E-flat[citation needed]
- Concerto in D major for 2 horns and string orchestra, BA 8[clarification needed]
- Concerto in D major for 3 horns, violin, strings, and continuo, TWV 54:D2
- Overture: Alster Echo in F, for 4 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, and continuo, TWV55:F11
- Concerto a tre for Recorder, Horn and Continuo
- Ouverture (Suite) in F Major for two horns[clarification needed]
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Concerto in F for Two Horns, Strings, and Continuo, RV 538
- Concerto in F for Two Horns, Strings, and Continuo, RV 539
Classical
[edit]- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
- Horn Concerto in F
- Concerto a 5 for Horn, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso continuo
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata in F major for Horn and Piano, Op. 17
- Sextet in E-flat, Op. 81b (for 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and cello)
- Frédéric Blasius
- Symphonie concertante for 2 Horns and Orchestra
- Luigi Boccherini
- Sextet Es-dur für Horn, zwei Violinen, Viola und zwei Violoncelli
- Sextet Es-dur für Oboe, Violine, Viola, Horn, Fagott und Kontrabaß
- Robert Nicolas Charles Bochsa
- L´écho. Deuxième Nocturne pour Cor et Harpe
- François-Adrien Boieldieu
- Solo pour Cor avec accompagnement de Harpe
- Franz Danzi
- Trio in F major Op.24 for Violin, Horn and Bassoon
- Sonata in E-flat, Op.28
- Sonata in E minor, Op.44
- Horn Concerto
- Louis-François Dauprat
- 1st Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 1
- 2nd Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 9
- 3rd Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 18 ("Hommage d`Amitié et de Reconnaissance")
- 4th Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 19 ("Hommage à la Mémoire de Punto")
- 5th Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 21
- Concertino for Horn
- Sonate in F-major for horn and harp
- Air Ecossais varié pour Cor et Harpe, Op.22
- Horn Sonate, Op. 3
- Sébastien Demar
- Grand Duo concertant for Horn and Harp, Op. 60
- Concerto in D major for Horn and Orchestra
- Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy
- Concerto No. 1
- Concerto No. 2
- Concerto No. 3
- Concerto No. 4
- Concerto No. 5
- 3 Trios for Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, Op. 1
- Fantasy for Horn and Piano
- 1-3 Nocturne for Horn and Harp
- André-Frédéric Eler
- Concerto No. 1 for Horn and Orchestra
- Friedrich Ernst Fesca
- Potpourri for Horn and String Quartet, Op. 29
- Andante and Rondo F major for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 39
- Josef Fiala
- Concerto for two horns, strings, and continuo
- Concerto in E-flat[clarification needed]
- Alexis de Garaudé
- Fantaisie
- Michael Haydn
- Concertino for Two Horns
- Concertino for Horn
- Joseph Haydn
- Horn Concerto in D, Hob. VIId:1 (1765) (lost)
- Concerto for Two Horns in E-flat, Hob. VIId:2 (ca. 1760) (lost)
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, Hob. VIId:3 (1762)
- Horn Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob. VIId:4 (doubtful; possibly by Michael Haydn) (1767)
- Concerto for Two Horns in E-flat, Hob. VIId:6 (doubtful; possibly by Antonio Rosetti; maybe Hob. VIId:2?) (1784)
- Symphony No. 31 ("Horn Signal")
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Horn Concerto No. 1
- Concerto No. 1 for Two Horns in E
- Concerto No. 2 for Two Horns in E
- Romance for Three Horns and Orchestra
- Premier Concerto in D major for solo horn
- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
- 3 Fantasies for Piano and Horn
- Symphonie concertante for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra in F major
- Nikolaus von Krufft
- Sonata for Horn and Piano in F
- Variations for Horn and Piano
- Sonata E major for Horn and Piano
- Joseph Küffner
- Divertissement, Op. 227
- Martin Joseph Mengal
- 2 Fantaisies for Horn and Piano
- Saverio Mercadante
- Concerto for Horn
- Leopold Mozart
- Concerto for Two Horns and String Orchestra in E-flat major
- Sinfonia da caccia for Four Horns, Shot-gun, and Strings in G major, "Jagdsinfonie"
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412+514/386b (in two movements) (IMSLP listing)
- Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, K. 417 (in three movements) (IMSLP listing, Mutopia listing)
- Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447 (in three movements) (IMSLP listing, Mutopia listing)
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat, K. 495 (in three movements) (IMSLP listing)
- Horn Quintet (horn, violin, 2 violas, cello) in E-flat, K. 407 (in three movements) (WIMA listing)
- Fragment for Horn and Orchestra in E-flat, K. 370b+371
- Fragment for Horn and Orchestra in E, K. 494a
- Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra, K. 297b/Anh. 14.05 (probably an arrangement of Mozart's original K. Anh. 9/297B for Flute, Oboe, Horn and Bassoon with spurious orchestral parts)
- 12 Duets for Two Horns in C, K. 487
- Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
- Concert for Horn and Strings
- Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle
- Fantasy for Horn and Piano
- Giovanni Paisiello
- Andante (écrit pour la fête de I´Impératrice)
- Franz Xaver Pokorny
- Concerto No. 1 in D
- Concerto No. 2 in D
- Concerto No. 3 in D
- Concerto in E major for horn, strings, and continuo
- Concerto in E-flat major for two horns, strings, and continuo
- Concerto in F major for two horns, strings, and continuo
- Giovanni Punto
- 16 horn concerti (Nos. 9, 12, 13, 15 and 16 lost)
- Concerto for two horns
- 103 horn duos
- 47 horn trios
- 21 horn quartets
- a horn sextet
- Anton Reicha
- 24 Trios for three horns, Op. 82
- Twelve Trios for two horns and bassoon or cello, Op. 93
- Quintet for horn and string quartet in E major, Op. 106
- Joseph Reicha
- Concerto for Two Horns, Op. 5
- Ferdinand Ries
- Concerto for 2 Horns in E flat major WoO. 19
- Sonata in F major Op.34
- Introduction and Rondo for Horn and Piano, Op. 113, No. 2
- Johann Peter Ritter
- Concertante E major for horn, violoncello and orchestra (Concertante for horn and violoncello)
- Antonio Rosetti
- Two solo concertos in D minor, RWV 38-39
- Eight solo concertos in E-flat, RWV 40-43, 47-49, 54
- Three solo concertos now lost, RWV 44-46
- Three solo concertos in E, RWV 50-52
- One solo concerto in F, RWV 53
- Concerto for Two Horns in E-flat major, RWV 56
- Concerto for Two Horns in E-flat major, RWV 57
- Concerto for Two Horns in E major, RWV 58
- Concerto for Two Horns in E major, RWV 59
- Concerto for Two Horns in F major, RWV 60
- Concerto for Two Horns in F major, RWV 61
- Johann Matthias Sperger
- Concerto E-flat major for Horn and Orchestra (SWV B26)
- Hornquartett in E-flat
- 12 Horn-Duos
- Concerto in D
- Carl Stamitz
- Concerto in E-flat for solo horn, 2 flutes, 2 horns, and strings
- Trio for Horn, Violin and Cello in E-flat
- Anton Teyber
- Two Concertos for Corni da Caccia
- Othon Vandenbroek
- 1st Symphonie concertante E-flat major for 2 horns solo and orchestra
- Johann Christoph Vogel
- Concertante No. 1 in E major for 2 Horns and Orchestra
- Concertante No. 2 in E major for 2 Horns and Orchestra
- Jacques Widerkehr
- Symphonie concertante for Horn and Bassoon
- Symphonie concertante for 2 Horns and Orchestra
- Paul Wineberger
- Concerto in E-flat major for 2 horns and orchestra
- Friedrich Witt
- Concerto in E for Horn and Orchestra
- Concerto for 2 Horns in F major (No. 4)
- Concerto for 2 Horns in F major (No. 5)
Romantic
[edit]- Vincenzo Bellini
- Horn Concerto in F
- Luigi Belloli
- Concerto F minor for horn and orchestra
- Concerto F major "Denominato Il trionfo dell' Innocenza" for horn and orchestra
- Gran Concerto for horn and orchestra
- Hector Berlioz
- Le jeune pâtre breton, Op. 13, No. 4 for tenor, horn and piano
- Johannes Brahms
- Trio in E-flat, Op. 40 for piano, violin, and horn (mutopia listing)
- Emmanuel Chabrier
- Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra
- Luigi Cherubini
- Horn Concerto
- Sonata 1 and 2 for horn and strings
- Cesar Cui
- Perpetual Motion
- Carl Czerny
- Andante and Polacca in E major for horn and piano
- Grande Serenade Concertante for clarinet, horn, cello, and piano
- Claude Debussy
- Beau soir for horn and piano
- Felix Draeseke
- Adagio in A minor, Op. 31 for horn and piano
- Romance in F, Op. 32 for horn and piano
- Quintet in B-flat major for piano, string trio and horn, Op. 48
- Johannes Frederik Frøhlich
- Hunting Piece for four differently crooked horns
- Jacques-François Gallay
- Horn Concerto No. 1
- Horn Concerto No. 2
- The Fantasy, Op. 34 for horn and piano
- Quatuor, Op. 26 for 4 horns in different tones
- Alexander Glazunov
- Reverie
- Charles Gounod
- Six mélodies pour cor
- Joseph Holbrooke
- Heinrich Hübler
- Concerto for four horns
- Gustav Jenner
- Trio for clarinet, horn and piano
- Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
- Introduction and Rondo, Op. 51
- Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau
- Concertino in F, Op. 45 for two horns
- Ignaz Lachner
- Concertino, Op. 43 for horn, bassoon and orchestra
- Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
- Fantasie for horn and piano
- Richard Lewy
- Horn Concertino
- Albert Lortzing
- Konzertstück E-Dur
- Vincenc Mašek
- Serenata in Dis
- Charles Oberthür
- "Souvenir a Schwalbach", Op. 42 for horn and harp
- "Mon sejour a Darmstadt", Op. 90 for horn (or two horns ad. lib.) and Harp
- Max Reger
- Scherzino for Horn and Strings
- Carl Reinecke
- Nocturne, Op. 112 for horn and strings
- Trio in A minor, Op. 188 for horn, oboe and piano
- Trio in B♭ major, Op. 274 for horn, clarinet and piano
- Carl Gottlieb Reißiger
- Solo per il Corno
- Joseph Rheinberger
- Sonate Es-major, Op. 178 for horn and piano
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Notturno for horn quartet
- Gioacchino Rossini
- Prelude, Theme and Variations for horn and piano
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Romance in F major, Op. 36 for horn and orchestra
- Romance in E major, Op. 67 for horn and orchestra
- Morceau de Concert in F minor, Op. 94 for horn and orchestra (Mutopia listing)
- Georg Abraham Schneider
- Concerto for Four Horns in E-flat (1817)
- Concerto No. 1 in E major for three horns and orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 in E major for three horns and orchestra
- Franz Schubert
- Auf dem Strom for tenor or soprano, horn and piano
- Robert Schumann
- Adagio and Allegro in A-flat, Op. 70 for horn and piano
- Konzertstück (Concert Piece) in F, Op. 86 for four horns and orchestra
- Jagdlieder, Op. 137 for four horns and male chorus in four voices
- Johann Gottfried Schuncke
- Variations for two waldhorns and orchestra
- Exercice
- Ludwig Schuncke
- Duo Concertant for piano and horn
- Alexander Scriabin
- Romance for horn and piano
- Leone Sinigaglia
- Zwei Stücke
- Romanza, Op. 3 for horn and string quartet
- Gaspare Spontini
- Divertimento for horn and harp
- Franz Strauss
- Fantasy on the Sehnsuchtswalzer of Schubert, Op. 2
- Fantasy, Op. 6 for horn and orchestra
- Nocturno, Op. 7 for horn and piano
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
- Romanze, Op. 12 for horn and piano ("Empfindungen am Meere")
- Theme and Variations, Op. 13 for horn and piano
- Les Adieux, for horn and piano
- Johann Strauss
- Dolci pianti
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Horn Concertino, Op. 45
20th century
[edit]- Jean Absil
- Rhapsodie No. 6, Op. 120
- Hans Abrahamsen
- 6 Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano
- Mit Grønne Underlag
- Landscapes for Horn, Oboe, Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
- Alexander Abramski
- Concertino for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano
- Stephen Albert
- Ecce Puer for Soprano, Oboe, Horn and Piano
- Hugo Alfvén
- Notturno Elegiaco, horn and organ, Op. 5
- Douglas Allanbrook
- The Majesty of the Horn
- David Amram
- Horn Concerto
- Blues and Variations for Monk
- Malcolm Arnold
- Concerto No. 1 for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 11
- Concerto No. 2 for Horn and Strings, Op. 58
- Fantasy for Horn, Op. 88
- Burlesque (1944)
- Vyacheslav Artyomov
- Fruhlings-Specht
- Alexander Arutunian
- Horn Concerto
- Kurt Atterberg
- Simon Bainbridge
- Landscape and Memory
- Don Banks
- Horn Concerto
- Trio for horn, violin, and piano
- Krešimir Baranović
- Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Orchestra
- Carol E. Barnett
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
- Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Elsa Barraine
- Crepuscules
- Fanfare
- James A. Beckel, Jr.
- The Glass Bead Game, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (also available for band)
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Actaeon. Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
- Romances for Horn and Piano
- Sonate for Horn and Piano
- Niels Viggo Bentzon
- Horn concerto
- Sonate for Horn and Piano
- Kopenhagener Konzert No. 1 for Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Cembalo and Strings
- Trio for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
- Leonard Bernstein
- Elegy for Mippy I
- Lennox Berkeley
- Trio for horn, violin, and piano, Op. 44
- Sextet for Clarinet, Horn und String quartet
- Quintett for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano
- Richard Bissill
- Three Portraits for horn octet
- Corpendium 1 for six horns
- Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, trumpet, horn and orchestra
- Bruno Bjelinski
- Horn Concerto
- Sonate for Horn
- Arthur Bliss
- Rhapsodie für Mezzosopran, Tenor, Flöte, Horn und Streichquintett
- Hakon Børresen
- Serenade for horn, strings and timpani – 3 movements (1943)
- Edith Borroff
- Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Eugene Bozza
- En foret
- Sur les cimes
- En Irlande
- Suite for four horns in F (1951)
- Darijan Božič
- Humoreska for Horn and Orchestra (1959)
- York Bowen
- Sonata in E-flat, Op. 101
- Concerto for Horn, string orchestra & timpani, Op. 150.
- Brenton Broadstock
- Nearer and Farther for Horn and Piano
- Benjamin Britten
- Margaret Brouwer
- Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Geoffrey Burgon
- Four Horns for four Horns
- Burkhard Dallwitz
- Romanze
- Arthur Butterworth
- Romanza
- Ann Callaway
- Four Elements
- Carlos Chávez
- Sonata for Four Horns
- Energía for Nine Instruments
- Concerto for Four Horns
- Andrea Clearfield
- Songs of the Wolf
- Arnold Cooke
- Rondo B-major for Horn and Piano
- Vladimir Cosma
- Sonatine
- Edward Cowie
- Endymion Nocturnes for Tenor, Horn and Strings
- Jean-Michel Damase
- Berceuse, Op.19
- Pavane Variée
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Horn Concerto
- Brett Dean
- Three Pieces for Eight Horns
- Jean Michel Defaye
- Alpha
- Norman Del Mar
- Sonatina for two horns
- Norman Dello Joio
- The Mystic Trumpeter for Horn and Choir
- Vladimir Djambazov
- Dialog for Horn and Tape
- LovenCoren for Solo Natural Horn (dedicated to Hermann Baumann)
- Paul Dukas
- Villanelle for horn and piano (also for horn and orchestra) (Mutopia listing)
- Eric Ewazen
- Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for Flute, Horn and Piano
- Grand Canon Octet
- Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano
- Jean Françaix
- Divertimento
- Canon à l'octave
- Peter Racine Fricker
- Horn Sonata
- Crawford Gates
- Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 48
- Reinhold Glière
- Horn Concerto in B-flat, Op. 91
- Intermezzo, Op. 35, No. 11
- Nocturne, Op. 35, No. 10
- Romance, Op. 35, No. 6
- Valse Triste, Op. 35, No. 7
- Ruth Gipps
- Horn Concerto op.58
- Iain Hamilton
- "Voyages" for horn and chamber orchestra
- Sonata Notturna for horn and piano
- Walter Hartley
- "Sonoroties II" for horn and piano
- Meditation
- Fantasy on Vermont Tunes
- Bernhard Heiden
- Sonata for horn and piano
- Lutz-Werner Hesse
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
- Paul Hindemith
- Horn Sonata (1939)
- Horn Concerto
- Sonata for Four Horns (1952)
- Emil Hlobil
- Sonate, Op. 21
- Frigyes Hidas
- Horn Concerto No. 1
- Horn Concerto No. 2
- Horn Concerto No. 3
- Heinz Holliger
- Cynddaredd – Brenddwyd (Fury – Dream)
- Robin Holloway
- Horn Concerto, Op. 43
- Andante and Variations, transcription of Schumann's op.46 for horn, 2 'celli and 2 pianos
- Serenata Notturna op.52 for four horns and chamber orchestra
- Trio op. 113 for horn, cello and piano
- Alan Hovhaness
- "Artik", Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra, Op. 78
- Yoshirō Irino
- Globus I for Horn and Percussion (1971)
- Gordon Jacob
- Leoš Janáček
- Concertino
- Knud Jeppesen
- Little Trio in D major
- Wojciech Kilar
- Sonata for horn and piano
- Volker David Kirchner
- Tre poemi
- Lamento d'Orfeo
- Anđelko Klobučar
- Canzone for Horn and Organ
- Diptih for Horn and Strings
- Diptih for Horn and Organ
- Miniature
- Sonate for Horn and Organ
- Movement for Horn and String Quartet
- Trio for Horn, Violine and Piano
- Oliver Knussen
- Horn Concerto
- Charles Koechlin
- Horn Sonata Op.70
- Jan Koetsier
- Cinq Nouvelles for four horns, Op. 34a (1947)
- Sonate for horn and harp
- Siegfried Köhler
- Sonate, Op. 32
- Włodzimierz Kotoński
- Quartettino, for 4 horns (1950)
- Uroš Krek
- Concerto for Horn and strings
- Bernhard Krol
- Horn Concerto "Study in Jazz"
- Ballade, Op. 94
- William Kraft
- Evening Voluntaries
- Fanfare LA Festival '87 for Eight Trumpets, Four Horns, Four Trombones and Timpani
- Veils and Variations for Horn and Orchestra
- Igor Kuljerić
- Concerto for Horn and Strings
- Johan Kvandal
- Introduction and Allegro, Op. 30
- Lars-Erik Larsson
- Concertino for Horn and String Orchestra, Op. 45, No. 5
- Benjamin Lees
- Concerto for French horn and Orchestra
- György Ligeti
- Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982)
- Hamburg Concerto (1998)
- Magnus Lindberg
- Campana in Aria for horn and orchestra (1998)
- Trygve Madsen
- Sonata, Op. 24
- Josip Magdić
- Concertino for Horn and instrumental ensemble
- Hommage a Boris, for 2 Horns and Strings
- Elegie for Horn and Piano, Op. 7
- Concert gravure for Horn and Chamber ensemble (Koncertantne gravire za rog i komorni ansambl), Op. 50
- Kazunori Maruyama
- Foxtrot for Tomcat
- David Maslanka
- Sonata for Horn and Piano (1996, revised 1999)
- John McCabe
- The Goddess Trilogy for Horn and Piano
- The Castle of Arianrhod
- Floraison
- Shapeshifter
- The Goddess Trilogy for Horn and Piano
- Olivier Messiaen
- Des canyons aux étoiles..., VI.Appel interstellaire
- Le tombeau de Jean-Pierre Guézec
- Miroslav Miletić
- Concerto for Horn and Strings
- Three Scherzo for Horn and Violine
- Monolog
- Stephen Montague
- Horn Concerto
- Lodewijk Mortelmans
- Lyrische Pastorale for Horn and Orchestra (or Piano)
- Thea Musgrave
- Horn Concerto
- Music, for horn and piano
- Hermann Neuling
- Bagatelle for Low Horn und Piano
- Carl Nielsen
- Canto Serioso
- Sparre Olsen
- Aubade, Op. 57, No. 3
- Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz
- Small suite for 4 Horns
- Boris Papandopulo
- Elegy for horn and harp
- Frano Parać
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
- Jiri Pauer
- Horn Concerto (1957)
- Walter Perkins
- Concerto for Four Horns
- Ivo Petrić
- Horn Concerto
- Gemini concertino for Violin, Horn and six instruments
- Three compositions for Horn
- Music for five for Horn and four percussions
- Lyric Fragment for Mezzo-soprano, Horn and Piano
- Sonata No. 1 for Horn and Piano
- Lyrics for Horn and Piano
- Sonata No. 2 for Horn and Piano
- Werner Pirchner
- Born for Horn for five (four?) horns, PWV 36
- Wolfgang Plagge
- Sonata No. 1 for Horn and Piano, Op. 8
- Sonata No. 2 for Horn and Piano
- Sonata No. 3 for Horn and Piano
- A Litany for the 21st Century
- Hans Wolfgang Poser
- Sonate, Op. 8
- Almeida Prado
- Trio from the Diary of Pero Vaz de Caminha
- Celectial Charts III
- Francis Poulenc
- Élégie for horn and piano, Op. 168 (1957)
- Dušan Radić
- Concerto for oboe, horn and orchestra (1985)
- Preludio, aria e rondo for oboe, horn and piano (1985)
- Guido Santórsola
- Concerto for 4 horns and orchestra (1967)
- Peter Schickele
- "Pentangle" Five Songs for Horn and Orchestra
- Othmar Schoeck
- Horn Concerto
- Peter Seabourne
- Double Concerto for horn and Orchestra (2012)
- The Black Pegasus – Rhapsody for horn and piano (2018)
- Humphrey Searle
- Aubade for Horn and Strings
- Mátyás Seiber
- Nocturne for horn and strings
- Vissarion Shebalin
- Concertino, Op. 14, No. 2
- Robert Simpson
- Horn Trio
- Horn Quartet
- Yngve Sköld
- Horn Concerto, Op. 74
- Ethel Smyth
- Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
- Rand Steiger
- A New-Slain Knight
- Richard Strauss
- Two Études in E-flat and E, for solo horn, TrV 15 (1873)
- Introduction, Theme and Variations in E-flat, for horn and piano, TrV 70 (1878)
- Andante in C, for horn and piano, TrV 155 (1888)
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 11 (1883)
- Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, TrV 283 (1942)
- Igor Štuhec
- Concert Fantasy for horn and strings
- Four compositions for Horn and Piano
- Tema con variazioni for Violin, Horn and Piano
- Stjepan Šulek
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
- Randall Svane
- Horn Concerto 1991
- At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners 1993 (tenor, horn, timpani, strings)
- Josef Tal
- Duo for oboe & English horn (1992)
- Alexander Tcherepnin
- Six Pieces for Four Horns
- Michael Tippett
- Sonata for 4 Horns
- Henri Tomasi
- Chant Corse for Horn and Piano
- Danse Profane for Horn and Piano
- Horn Concerto
- Ernest Tomlinson
- Rhapsody and Rondo for Horn and Orchestra
- Romance and Rondo for Horn and Orchestra
- Kerry Turner
- Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Twas a Dark and Stormy Night (horn and piano)
- Concerto for Low Horn and Chamber Orchestra
- Prosper Van Eechaute
- Nachtpoema for Horn and Orchestra (or Piano)
- Jane Vignery
- Sonate, Op. 7
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Chôros No. 3, for clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, three horns, and trombone
- Chôros No. 4, for three horns and trombone
- Gilbert Vinter
- Hunter's moon
- Errollyn Wallen
- At the Ending of a Year
- Julius Weismann
- Horn Concertino
- Alec Wilder
- Sonatas Nos. 1-3 for Horn and Piano
- Suite for Horn and Piano
- Yehuda Yannay
- Hidden Melody for French horn and cello
Unaccompanied
[edit]- Hans Erich Apostel
- Sonatine, Op. 39 b
- Malcolm Arnold
- Fantasy for Horn, Op. 88
- Milton Babbitt
- Around The Horn
- Hermann Baumann
- Elegia for solo natural horn
- Sigurd Berge
- Hornlokk (Horn Call)
- Horn 2000
- Richard Bissill
- Lone Call and Charge, for solo
- Vitaly Buyanovsky
- Pieces – Four Improvisations from Traveling Impressions
- Finland Sonate
- Baumann-Sonate
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Sea Eagle
- Stephen Dodgson
- "Cor Leonis"
- Jörg Herchet
- Einschwingen
- Douglas Hill
- "Jazz Set" horn solo
- Character Pieces for Solo Horn
- Abstraction, for solo horn and 8 horns
- Jazz Soliloquies for horn "Laid Back" Laid back
- Robin Holloway
- Partita no.1 for solo horn op 61 no.1
- Partita no.2 for solo horn op 61 no.2
- Ivo Josipović
- Prelude and Fuge for Horn
- Viktor Kalabis
- Invokation
- Bernhard Krol
- Laudatio for Horn Solo
- Henri Lazarof
- Intrada for solo horn
- Robert Hall Lewis
- Monophony VI
- Lior Navok
- Six Pieces for Solo Horn
- Vincent Persichetti
- Parable for Solo Horn
- Wolfgang Plagge
- Monoceros : Das Einhorn, Op. 51
- Anthony Plog
- "Postcards"
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Concert Etude
- Giacinto Scelsi
- Quattro Pezzi
- Mark Schultz
- Podunk Lake (1993)
- Glowing Embers (1994)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
21st century
[edit]- Hans Abrahamsen
- Kalevi Aho
- Horn Concerto
- Michael Conway Baker
- Remeberances for Horn, Harp, Strings & Wordless Choir, Op. 130
- Brian Balmages
- Pele for solo horn and wind ensemble
- Karol Beffa
- Five o'clock, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
- Buenos Aires, for brass quintet
- Le Pavillon d'or, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, harp, piano, 1 percussion, string quintet
- Jeffrey Bishop
- Spells and Incantations
- Željko Brkanović
- Bagatela for Horn in F and Piano
- Ole Buck
- Kindergarten für Flöte, Oboe, Horn und Violine
- Sonnabend für Flöte, Oboe, Horn und Violine
- Howard J. Buss
- 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
- Pavle Dešpalj
- Festival Parade for Horn and Symphonic Orchestra
- 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
- Jelena Firssowa
- Kammerkonzert No. 4 for Horn and 13 Instruments
- Kenneth Fuchs
- Canticle to the Sun (2005)
- David Gillingham
- Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Band
- Friedrich Goldmann
- Trio für Horn, Violine und Klavier
- Tomaž Habe
- Concerto for Horn
- James Horner
- Collage for four horns and orchestra
- Jouni Kaipainen
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 61 (2000–01)
- 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)
- Peter Lieberson
- Horn Concerto
- Jorge E. López
- 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)
- Lior Navok
- Paper Tigers, [brass trio - trumpet, horn and trombone] (2024)
- 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
- Craig Russell
- Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra (Morning's Decisions, Dizzy Bird, Wistful Musing, Tito Machito, Flash)
- Aulis Sallinen
- Horn Concerto, Op. 82 "Campane ed Arie" (2002)
- Mark Schultz
- Lights! (2003)
- Thomas Sleeper
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra [1]
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Nebadon, for horn and 8-channel electronic music
- Ananda Sukarlan
- Trio for Horn, Clarinet & Piano "Mutahariana" based on melodies by H. Mutahar
- "Niobe weeping while Turning Into Stone" for horn & piano
- Richard Uttley
- Aufschwung, for horn and piano (2022)
- Jörg Widmann
- Herbert Willi
- Äon (concerto for horn)
- John Williams
- Concerto for Horn (Angelus, Battle of Trees, Pastorale, Hunt, Nocturne)
- Charles Wuorinen
- Horn Trio
- Horn Trio Continued
- Mauricio Annunziata
- 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
[edit]- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
- Ciglerania
- Sweet Ovals
- István Bogár
- Változo Felhök
- Night Bird. A locrian short for Peter Reit 2012. L227
- Howard J. Buss
- A Day in the City
- On the Stroke of Midnight
- Seasons of Change
- Martin Butler
- Hunding
- Andrés Valero Castells
- Les Trois Roses du Cimetière de Zaro (A.V.18)
- Trygve Madsen
- The Dream of The Rhinoceros, Op. 92
- Ricardo Matosinhos
- Reflections, op.71 (2016)
- Mirage, op.83 (2019)
- Improviso, op.82 (2019)
- Pastoral, op.81 (2019)
- Overtone Dream, op.86 (2020)
- Blues for Marco, op.85a
- Siegfried Matthus
- Hoch willkommt das Horn
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Capriccio per Radovan "Il sogno di un cacciatore"
- Jörg Widmann
- Air für Horn solo
- Yehuda Yannay
- Hornology for solo French horn
- Salvador Brotons
- Ab Origine, opus 114 bis for natural horn solo from the horn concerto. Premiered by Javier Bonet
- Shai Cohen
- ER=EPR for French Horn and live electronics