Bertrand Moren
The Devil's Bridge
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Bertrand Moren
The Devil's Bridge
- Instrumentation Brass Band
- Composer Bertrand Moren
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Mitropa Music
- Order no. DH1070-03-030M
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Description:
The 'Teufelsbrücke' (devil's bridge) is a very old bridge connecting the Göschenen and Andermatt valleys in the canton of Uri, central Switzerland. Legend has it that in the 13th century the people of Uri made a pact with the devil to build a bridge across the canyon. When the people only delivered a goat in payment of the soul demanded by the devil he was angry and decided to knock down the bridge. An old woman painted the sign of a cross on the rock the devil was intending to destroy the bridge with and the devil, unable to lift it, disappeared forever. The rock remains to this day at the northern entry of the Gotthard tunnel.