flügelhorn
noun
flü·gel·horn
ˈflü-gəl-ˌhȯrn 
ˈflᵫ-
ˈflᵫ-
variants
or fluegelhorn
: a valved brass instrument resembling a cornet but having a larger bore
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Pacho Flores was the agile trumpeter, solid in tone throughout his range, brilliant on the cornet and mellow on the flugelhorn.
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Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
The event is on the cusp of its 50th year and featured a variety of brass players –– and instruments –– including tubas, sousaphones, euphoniums, baritones and a bass flugelhorn that were adorned with holiday lights, tinsel and bows.
—Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2022
Flores performed it on a modern corno da caccia, which looks like a tiny French horn but sounds like a mellow flugelhorn.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies.
—Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
Jazz history is being made at the Litchfield Jazz Festival, with acts that evoke such legends as Herbie Hancock and The Boswell Sisters, as well as modern jazz stars wringing fresh sounds out of guitars, trumpets, trombones, saxes and flugelhorns.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 22 July 2019
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Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
The event is on the cusp of its 50th year and featured a variety of brass players –– and instruments –– including tubas, sousaphones, euphoniums, baritones and a bass flugelhorn that were adorned with holiday lights, tinsel and bows.
—Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2022
Flores performed it on a modern corno da caccia, which looks like a tiny French horn but sounds like a mellow flugelhorn.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies.
—Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
Jazz history is being made at the Litchfield Jazz Festival, with acts that evoke such legends as Herbie Hancock and The Boswell Sisters, as well as modern jazz stars wringing fresh sounds out of guitars, trumpets, trombones, saxes and flugelhorns.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 22 July 2019
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“Flügelhorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fl%C3%BCgelhorn. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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