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Listen for an orchestral
interlude rising above the
cacophony of nature.
I half expect to see a unicorn grazing in
the patch of bright sunlight [in the sylvan
meadow]. The lush sounds of harp arpeggios
fade as I reenter the woods. Was it real?
-- Peter Heine, En Route: Journals of a
Mobicentric (2000)
In his book Unicorn Point (1989), Piers Anthony
suggests that the musical cry of unicorns has infinite
variation, "each individual possessing a sound not
quite like any other." Granting that "the human
tongue lack[s] proper descriptions," Anthony
compares the song of a unicorn to:
"Brass" sounds
trombone, trumpet, bugle, French horn, and tuba
"Wood" sounds
piccolo, violin, cello, lute, guitar, and harp