List of compositions for horn

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

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
• 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
  • Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major
  • Concerto ex D-sharp major for corno concertato, oboe, 2 violins, viola and basso
  • III. Concerti a Corno concertato
• 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
  • Concerto in D major for 2 horns and string orchestra, BA 8
  • 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
• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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
  • Horn Trio in D major, Op. 28
• 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

• 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
  • Sonata in B minor, Op. 27
  • Horn Concerto in A major, Op. 28
• 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
  • Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
  • Canticle III: Still falls the rain, Op. 55
• 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
  • Concerto for Horn and Strings (1951)
• 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
• 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

• 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
  • In Freundschaft

21st century

• Hans Abrahamsen
  • Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
• 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)
• 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
• Herbert Willi
  • Äon (concerto for horn)
• Richard Uttley
  • Aufschwung, for horn and piano (2022)
• 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

• 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

See also

• Horn trio