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
A Loud Call Lambchop and Andrew Bird. Some additional recording of strings and horns was done at Tony Dupé's home studio in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales. "A Loud Call" was Radio National's album of the week when it was released on 14 July 2008. The album peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart. In September 2008, Throsby was nominated for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 for the album. Credits: A Loud Call A Loud Call is the third studio album by Australian indie-folk artist Holly Throsby. It was released on 14 July 2008, which peaked