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  2. Alphorn - Wikipedia

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    The alphorn (German: Alphorn, Alpenhorn; French: cor des Alpes; Italian: corno alpino) is a traditional lip-reed wind instrument. It consists of a very long straight wooden natural horn , with a length of 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13 feet), a conical bore and a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece .

  3. Matterhorn - Wikipedia

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    The name Matterhorn derives from the German words Matte ("meadow") and Horn ("horn"), [6] and is often translated as "the peak of the meadows". [2]In the Schalbetter map, printed by Sebastian Münster in 1545, the valley is labelled Mattertal, but the mountain has the Latin name Mons Silvius as well as the German name Augstalberg, in concord with the Aosta Valley (German Augstal).

  4. History of the trumpet - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Talk:Alphorn - Wikipedia

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    What is the significance of A Swiss playing alphorn? What is the significance of Swiss farmer calling his cattle in the Bernese Oberland? If the only significance is that they feature alphorns, then the article only needs one of these photos. If the significance is variety, then I think that point needs to be made more clearly. Right now it ...

  6. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    United States: banjo [148] [149] Membrane-topped four or five string fretted instrument, plucked or strummed with fingers or a plectrum. Probably African American in origin. 321.312-5: Uzbekistan: doira [150] Round, flat drum with shakers made of metal inside and a horse-skin head 211.311 + 112.113 Uzbekistan: karnay [151] [152] Long brass ...

  7. Symphony No. 1 (Brahms) - Wikipedia

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    The horns, including the first entry of the trombones, introduce the Alphorn theme with a "noble and grand presentation" over a "shimmering cloudscape" of strings, [3] in "one of the classic orchestral moments of the nineteenth century". [2] As the horns conclude the performance of the Alphorn tune, it is given to the flutes to recite.

  8. Tibetan horn - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan horn or dungchen (Tibetan: དུང་ཆེན།, Wylie: dung chen, ZYPY: tungqên, literally "big conch," also called rag dung (རག་དུང་, literally "brass horn"; Mongolian: hiidiin buree (хийдийн бүрээ, literally "monastery horn"); Chinese: 筒欽; pinyin: tǒng qīn) is a long trumpet or horn used in Tibetan Buddhist and Mongolian buddhist ceremonies.

  9. Bucium - Wikipedia

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    The bucium (Romanian pronunciation:, 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".