ALPHORN See also:

• ALPHORN ALPENHORN

ALPENHORN  , a musical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, consisting of a natural wooden See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn of conical See also:

• BORE

bore, having. a See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped See also:

• MOUTHPIECE (Fr. embouchure; Ger. Mundstuck; Ital. bocchino)

mouthpiece, used by mountaineers in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland and elsewhere . The See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube is made of thin strips of birchwood soaked in See also:

• WATER

water until they have become quite pliable; they are then See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound into a tube of conical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form from 4 to 8 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and neatly covered with bark . A cup-shaped mouthpiece carved out of a See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block of hard See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood is added and the instrument is See also:

• COMPLETE

complete . The See also:

• ALPENHORN, ALPHORN

alpenhorn has no lateral openings and therefore gives the pure natural See also:

• HARMONIC

harmonic See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of the open See also:

• PIPE

pipe . The harmonics are the more readily obtained by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the small See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of the bore in relation to the length . An alpenhorn made,at Rigi-See also:

• KULM (Cu1,M)

Kulm, Schwytz, and now in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington Museum, See also:

• MEASURES

measures 8 ft. in length and has a straight tube . The well-known Ranz See also:

• DES

des Vaches is the traditional See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody of the alpenhorn, which has been immortalized by See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven in the See also:

• FINALE (Ital. for " end ")

finale of the See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

Pastoral See also:

• SYMPHONY

Symphony, where the See also:

• MUSIC

music is generally rendered by a See also:

• COR

cor anglais (q.v.) . See also:

• ROSSINI, GIOACHINO ANTONIO (1792-1868)

Rossini has introduced the melody into his See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Tell . See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner, in the third See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• TRISTAN
• TRISTAN, or TRISTRAM

Tristan and Isolde, was not entirely satisfied with the See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone quality of the cor anglais for representing the natural pipe of the See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant . Having in his mind the timbre of the alpenhorn, he had a wooden horn made for him with one See also:

• VALVE (Lat. valva, a leaf of a double or folding door, allied to volvere, to roll, as of a door on its hinges)

valve only and a small See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear-shaped See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell, which is used at See also:

• BAYREUTH, or BAIREUTH

Bayreuth (see See also:

• HOLZTROMPETE (Wooden Trumpet)

HOLZTROMPETE) . The Swiss alpenhorn varies in shape according to the locality, being curved near the bell in the Bernese Oberland . See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• PRAETORIUS, MICHAEL (1571_1621)

Praetorius mentions the alpenhorn under the name of holzern trummet in Syntagma Musicum (See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg, 1615-1619) .

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