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fanfare

A short call or flourish for trumpets, or other instruments imitating the effect of trumpets. It is often used for the arrival of an important person, or to introduce a ceremony or important event. Traditionally fanfares were written for valveless (natural) instruments, and usually include notes of the major triad and diatonic scale. An example of a fanfare is the introduction to Act II of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (1865).



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But the lieutenant suppressed the man who wished to fist fight, and the tall cap- tain, flushing at the little fanfare of the red- bearded one, was obliged to look intently at some trees.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
As he spoke the attendant cantered up the grassy enclosure, and pulling up his steed in front of the royal stand, blew a second fanfare upon his bugle.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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