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The lineup also includes Mozart’s Concerto for alphorn and chamber orchestra and Ravel’s “Pavane for a Dead Princess.”

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2015

The song not only featured the alphorn, it was about the alphorn!

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015

Back in the car, Christian said we were now about to meet the “Rolls-Royce of alphorn makers.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015

If I had had an alphorn, the message I would have sent would have been shorter this time.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015

"Goldfinger," Shirley Bassey It's less a song than an alphorn to herd people into movie theaters, and Bassey walks the line between seduction and camp with the same dexterity as Sean Connery.

From Time Magazine Archive