There is a great book about Alphorns called ‘Das Alphorn” by Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser. It is the most detailed book about Alphorns I know. It is in German, but therer are many photographs and also melodies. In the front pocket there is a booklet with sheet music of old Alphorn and Buechel melodies, and in the back pocket ther are plans/dimensions of an Alphorn and Buechel in case you would want to make your own Alphorn. It gives the whole history of the Alphorn and it is very well researched. It also has a section about the Alphorn in foreign countries.
- Author: Alpenrose
- Published: Sep 11th, 2010
- Category: Alphon history, Alphorn Music, Alphorn instrument
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Alphorn Book
- Author: Alpenrose
- Published: Sep 2nd, 2010
- Category: Alphorn Music, Alphorn Performance, American Alphorn Society
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Alphorns Perform at Bike Race in Basking Ridge NJ
The NJ Alphorn Ensemble performed at the international bike race in Basking Ridge, NJ which was sponsored by Ricola. Check out the video of this unusual event of a combination of Alphorn music and bike racing. The racers cycled for 40 laps around the town, and every time they raced by, we played a song on the Alphorn. We were as exhausted as the racers and we also counted the laps! We play Amazing Grace on the video.
Alphorn performance at bike race
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