History of Alpenhorn

	Revision 2 . . August 10, 2001 7:29 pm by MichaelTinkler [*changed South Kensington Museum to V&A; other minor edits]
	Revision 1 . . August 10, 2001 5:13 pm by Amillar [Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia]

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An alpenhorn made at Rigi-Kulm, Schwytz, and now in the South Kensington Museum, measures 8 ft. in length and has a straight

An alpenhorn made at Rigi-Kulm, Schwytz, and now in the [Victoria and Albert Museum]?, measures 8 ft. in length and has a straight

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Beethoven in the finale of the Pastoral Symphony, where the music is generally rendered by a cor aniglais (q.v..) Rossini has introduced the melody into his opera William Tell. Wagner, in the third act of Tristan and Isolde,

Beethoven in the finale of the Pastoral Symphony, where the music is generally rendered by a [cor anglais]?. Rossini has introduced the melody into his opera William Tell. Wagner, in the third act of Tristan and Isolde,

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bell, which is used at Bayreuth.

bell, which is used at Bayreuth?.

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being curved near the bell in the Bernese Oberland. Michael Praetorius mentions the alpenhorn under the name of holzerni

being curved near the bell in the Bernese Oberland. [[Michael Praetorius]] mentions the alpenhorn under the name of holzerni