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 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 at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Throsby worked with Nashville-based producer, Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Andrew Bird). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 she was nominated for Best Female Artist for the album. Most of "A Loud Call", the third studio album by Australian indie folk singer-songwriter, Holly Throsby, was recorded at Beech House Studios, the residence of producer Mark Nevers, in South Nashville, United States. Nevers had previously produced material for