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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 cup-shaped mouthpiece. Traditionally the alphorn was made of one single piece, or two parts at most, of the wood of a red pine tree. Sometimes the trees would bend from the weight of snow in ...
The German horn is the most common type of orchestral horn, [22] and is ordinarily known simply as the "horn". The double horn in F/B♭ is the version most used by professional bands and orchestras. A musician who plays the German horn is called a horn player (or, less frequently, a hornist).
Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan horn or dungchen (Tibetan: དུང་ཆེན།, Wylie: dung chen, ZYPY: tungqên; Mongolian: hiidiin buree; Chinese: 筒欽; pinyin: tǒng qīn) is a long trumpet or horn used in Tibetan Buddhist and Mongolian buddhist ceremonies. It is the most widely used instrument in Tibetan Buddhist culture.
The alphorn, or alpenhorn, is a distinctive natural wooden horn with a conical bore, upturned bell and cup-shaped mouthpiece. It has been used as a signalling instrument in the Alpine regions of Europe for about two millennia. The alphorn is generally carved from the solid softwood of the spruce or pine.
The bucium ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbutʃjum], also called trâmbiţă or tulnic) is a type of alphorn from Romania and Moldova. [1] The word is derived from Latin bucinum, [2] originally meaning "curved horn", an instrument used by the Romans. The word is a cognate with English "bugle". A bucium may have either a straight or curved tube ...
The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854. Brahms himself declared that the symphony, from sketches to finishing touches, took 21 years, from 1855 to 1876. The premiere of this symphony, conducted by the composer's ...
Eliana Burki (13 September 1983 in Feldbrunnen – 24 April 2023 in Switzerland) was a Swiss musician, best known for her unconventional playing of the alphorn. She composed and performed on the alphorn as a lead instrument in multiple genres, including pop, funk and world music. [1] At the same time, she succeeded in creating her own musical ...
A tenor horn (alto horn) in E ♭, baritone horn in B ♭, and euphonium in B ♭. A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones[1] or labrophones, from Latin and Greek ...