The oldest known document using the German word " Alphorn " is a page from a 1527 account book from the former Cistercian abbey St . Urban near Pfaffnau mentioning the payment of two Batzen for an itinerant alphorn player from the Valais.
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The oldest known document using the German word " Alphorn " is a page from a 1527 account book from the former Cistercian abbey St . Urban near Pfaffnau mentioning the payment of two Batzen for an itinerant alphorn player from the Valais.
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The city sponsors the annual Chief Joseph Days Rodeo in late July, Bronze, Blues and Brews in August since 2001, and Oktoberfest but has more yodeling and alphorn playing, reflecting the area's reputation as " Oregon's Little Switzerland ."
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The only feature that gave trouble was a " virtual tour " of Galway's home ( actually a 360-degree pan of one room ), which refused to respond half the time; it was worth the fuss for a brief segment with an alphorn.
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A more particular term, " lituus alpinus ", was used in 1555 by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner when he published the earliest detailed description of the Alphorn : " nearly eleven feet long, made from two pieces of wood slightly curved and hollowed out, fitted together and skillfully bound with osiers ".
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With an added adjective, the term " lituus alpinus ", was used in 1555 by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in the earliest published description of the Alphorn : " nearly eleven feet long, made from two pieces of wood slightly curved and hollowed out, fitted together and skillfully bound with osiers ".
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Supporting members are / were Annette Frank ( voice and percussions ), Michael Eber ( drums ), Michael Thomas ( drums ), Markus Paul ( bass ), Markus Fritsch ( bass ), Tobias Heindl ( violin ), Hans Wax ( vihuela ), Edgar Feichtner ( bugle, trombone, alphorn and accordion ), Peter Feichtner ( tuba ), Wolfgang Dersch ( trombone ), Stefan Lang ( trumpet ) and Martin Jungmayer ( saxophone ).
