althornn.
/ˈalt(h)ɔːn/, U.S. /ˈælˌtɔrn/, /ˈæltˌhɔrn/ Music.
Any of various musical instruments of the saxhorn family, especially the alto or tenor saxhorn in E flat.
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alto-horn1850
althorn1854
flügelhorn1854
saxotromba1856
sax-tuba1856
tenor horn1859
euphonium1862
barytone1863
mellophone1901
peck horn1926
tenor cor1928
mellophonium1932
1854 C. Goodrich Sci. Mechanism iii.252/2 Wind instruments: cornet and alt-horn trombones.
1859 C. Mandel Treat. Instrumentation Mil. Bands 38 The Tenor Horn or Baryton (Alt-Horn in B Flat).
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 57/2 Althorn, an instrument of the Saxhorn family... It is exclusively used in military music.
1939 A. Carse Mus. Wind Instruments xx. 296 Tenor Horn, E Flat Saxhorn... The earliest of these various alto or tenor instruments was probably the German Althorn or Altkornett which appeared in Berlin round about 1830.
1939 A. Carse Mus. Wind Instruments xx. 299 Instruments in C or B flat have also been called ‘althorns’.
1977 Jrnl. Amer. Musicological Society 30 308 The added instruments would have included..an althorn.
2008 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press 29 Feb. (Weekend section) H7 The composer sanctioned the performance of the piece on an alto saxophone as well as a traditional althorn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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