ALPHORNS.COM

Outdoor Alphorn Concert

Puget Sound Alphorns performing at Brackett’s Landing North, Thursday, September 18, 1 pm

The Puget Sound Alphorns will be at Brackett’s Landing North in Edmonds (north of the ferry terminal) to entertain onlookers beginning at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 18. The group encourages visitors to get up close and ask questions about the instruments.

Featured: ALPHORN 555

1006 Alphorn Players Set New Guinness World Record
for Largest Alphorn Ensemble

Link to Pics, Links, Videos

Books on the Alphorn and Yodeling

translated from German to English by Gary Martin

Alpine Vibes: The Musical Connection between the Alphorn and Yodeling – Fact or Ideology? Raymond Ammann, Yannick Wey, Andrea Kammermann. Translated by Gary Martin
(Chronos: 2023)
Publisher Info with link to free E-Book
- German-language original: Alpenstimmung: Musikalische Beziehung zwischen Alphorn und Jodel – Fakt oder Ideologie? Raymond Ammann, Andrea Kammermann, Yannick Wey.
  (Chronos: 2019)
  Publisher Info with link to free E-Book
The Yodeling Mind: Findings of a Music-Cognitive Study in the Swiss Alps
Raymond Ammann, Andrea Kammermann, Yannick Wey. Translated by Gary Martin
(Chronos: 2024)
Publisher info with link to free E-Book
- German-language original: Jodeln im Kopf: Erkenntnisse einer musikkognitiven Untersuchung im Alpsteingebiet Raymond Ammann, Andrea Kammermann, Yannick Wey.
  (Chronos: 2021)
  Publisher Info with link to free E-Book

Alphorn Pages

Note: My first experience hearing alphorns was at an Alphorn concert at Washington Pass Overlook from members of the Spokane Horn Club in the year 2000. For the full story and pics, see:
https://pugetsoundalphorns.com/washpass.html