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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
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