Wagner!!!
Better French Horn parts!
But where does one find an alpenhorn?
Any discussion of Wagner is going to get to french horns eventually.
I heard the following story many years ago. I have not been able to find it on the internet. It sounds like Wagner, though:
Horn players: Herr Wagner, we can't play the part you have written!
Wagner: I know you can't. What I want is the effect of your trying to play it.