Vehicle horn of vehicle horns are used by percussionists as sound effects, or even melodically, in musical works. For example, George Gershwin's 1928 orchestral work "An American in Paris" calls for the use of 4 taxi horns. György Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre" features two "Car Horn Preludes" scored for 12 bulb horns, each one tuned to a specific pitch. Klaxon is a trademark for a brand of electromechanical horn or alerting device. Mainly used on cars, trains and ships, Klaxon horns produce an easily identifiable sound, often transcribed onomatopoeiacally in English as "ahoooga." Like most mechanical horns, the klaxon has largely
Loud City Song compositions are even more beautiful than "Ekstasis", even though they're often more fragmented—but it's also a frightening depiction of what it feels like to have a whole population making you up in its head." Lindsay Zoladz of "Pitchfork" stated, "Though it draws upon the distant past, Julia Holter's made a timeless people-watching soundtrack: an acutely felt ode to the mysteries of a million passersby, all the stars of their own silent musicals." Adam Kivel of "Consequence of Sound" stated, ""Loud City Song" is a sightseeing trip with a person fully able to portray the objective beauty of the sights, as