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Ranz des Vaches

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Ranz des Vaches

Swiss cowherds' song or alphorn signal by which the cattle are called in June from the valleys to the mountain pastures. There are many different tunes, varying according to the cantons or even districts. They are metrically very irregular and use only the natural notes of the alphorn. In classical music versions are heard in Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell overture, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (link between last two movements), and the Scène aux champs in Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
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Another sound, the plaintive Ranz des Vaches or Kureihen herders' cow call, has over 500 years been elevated into virtually an alternative Swiss national anthem, sometimes derided as "the Cattleman's Marseillaise", but guaranteed to produce patriotic tears at any Helvetian folk gathering like the recent Festival of the Winegrowers (as well as having been appropriated in various forms by many classical music composers).
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