Editorial
The signal, the call from mountaintop to mountaintop, and communication from alpine pasture to alpine pasture constitute the origins of yodeling and the alphorn. A love for nature and one's region are to this day the core themes of this special mountain music, instantly recognisable from the first notes.
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