Switzerland: the country of mouth-watering chocolate, cheese fondue and precision clockwork set against the backdrop of breath-taking mountainous scenery. Accompanying all of this is the soundtrack of ...

A hundred alphorn players gather high up in the Swiss Alps for the 22nd International Alphorn Festival, with their dulcet tones and harmonies echoing around the mountains. The alphorn is a traditional ...

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Der Lindauer Hermann Kohler beherrscht etwas, was auch der Sagengestalt des Rattenfängers von Hameln nachgesagt wird: Wenn er irgendwo steht und musiziert, dauert es nicht lange, bis aus allen ...

BERNE, Switzerland -- The alphorn, a 12-foot-long wooden folk instrument played by Swiss shepherds to communicate across mountain valleys, hasn't exactly been the inspiration for many rock stars.

What is thought to be the UK's largest gathering of alpine horn enthusiasts has been staged in Berkshire. Eleven members of the UK Alphorn Network (UKAN) brought their instruments to Downe House ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The hills were alive with the sound of music on Sunday (July 28) as 3,500 people braved the heights of Switzerland's ...

1988 hat Thomas Rupp sein erstes Alphorn gebaut. Seitdem gehört der gelernte Schreiner und Berufsschullehrer aus Seeg im Allgäu zu den wenigen, die das ursprüngliche Hirteninstrument noch weitgehend ...

Swiss composers understandably avoid chocolate box clichés, but a performance at the Lucerne festival demonstrated the elemental power of the alphorn One of the mysteries of being in Lucerne is why it ...

Arre, not like that. Make a car engine's noise," said a friend, as others tried hard to control their laughter. I was clearly embarrassing myself in an attempt to play the traditional Alpine musical ...