Tour de France loses its musical accompanist
mainYvette Horner, the accordionist whose sound long accompanied the annual cycling marathon, has died at 95.
She recorded more than 300 albums.
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Yvette Horner played a waltz composed for her by the great Samson Flançois.
Sorry. François.
When did she play the accordion? For TV if they were broadcasting the race?
That’s what I was wondering.