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    The alphorn or alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a straight several-meter-long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden...
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    year, he sent a card to his lifelong friend Clara Schumann sketching the Alphorn tune which would emerge in the symphony's Finale, along with the famous...
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    in appears in music, dance, poetry, wood carving, and embroidery. The alphorn, a trumpet-like musical instrument made of wood has joined yodeling and...
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    (prehistoric) Shofar Roman horns: Cornu Buccina Dung chen Dord Sringa Nyele Wazza Alphorn Cornett Serpent Ophicleide Natural horn Bugle Post horn French horn Vienna...
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  • best known for her unconventional playing of the alphorn. She composed and performed on the alphorn as a lead instrument in multiple genres, including...
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    and mountaineering culture and are associated with folk arts such as the alphorn and yodeling. Other Swiss cultural icons include Swiss chocolate, Swiss...
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    made of brass. Thus one finds brass instruments made of wood, like the alphorn, the cornett, the serpent and the didgeridoo, while some woodwind instruments...
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  • French horn, German horn, natural horn, Vienna horn, tenor (alto) horn, and alphorn. Radek Baborák, born 1976, former Principal horn Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra...
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    made by Polish folk musician Józef Chmiel, located in the Czech Republic. Alphorn, used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland and elsewhere Erke, a similar...
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    Shilkloper (born 17 October 1956) is a Russian multi-instrumentalist (horn, alphorn, flugelhorn, corno da caccia, didgeridoo, shofar, and others) and composer...
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