flügelhornn.
/ˈfluːɡ(ə)lhɔːn/ A brass wind instrument. Also flugel used elliptically
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1854 Times 20 Oct. 1/2 Henry Distin's Flugel Horn Union, at 9.15.
1878 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms (new ed.) 171/2 Flügel-horn, a bugle. A valve-horn.
1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iv. 105 These extra ones included accordion, bass tuba, flugelhorns, euphonium, [etc.].
1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) III. 166/1 In English brass bands..a ‘flugel’ (as it is usually called) is an essential constituent.
1958 R. Vaughan Williams in M. Kennedy Works R.V.W. (1964) 633 The usual symphony orchestra is used [in Vaughan Williams' ninth symphony], with the addition of three saxophones and flügel horn. This beautiful and neglected instrument is not usually allowed in the select circles of the orchestra and has been banished to the brass band, where it is allowed to indulge in the bad habit of vibrato to its heart's content.
1965 Melody Maker 10 July 12/5 Ian Carr swopped between muted trumpet and occasional flugelhorn.
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