Werdenfelser Alphornbläserinnen

Polka is a lively Central European couple dance and musical style in a brisk 2/4 meter, characterized by its buoyant “oom‑pah” bass-chord accompaniment and bright, diatonic melodies.

Alphorn music is the traditional repertoire performed on the alphorn (also called the Alpine horn), a long wooden natural horn associated with the Swiss Alps and neighboring alpine regions. Because the instrument lacks valves, its melodies are built from the natural harmonic series, producing open…