OLD FRONTENAC, Minn. — The tangled deciduous woods that surround the southeastern Minnesota village of Old Frontenac are busy with sound. Especially at dawn and dusk, they echo with birdsong. Wind ...

The French horn. It’s the heart and soul of any symphony orchestra, and writing for it always brought out the best in Mozart, Brahms, Richard Strauss and so many other great composers. But don’t let ...

Of late, a new sound, melodic, often melancholy, has floated through the woods. Virginia Oliver, 73, of New Frontenac, heard it as she watered flowers in the Old Frontenac cemetery. "I couldn't quite ...