fanfarenoun
uk/ˈfæn.feər/us/ˈfæn.fer/[ C ] a loud, short piece of music played on brass instruments, often to announce something important
[ U ] great attention to and interest in something:
The new laws were passed after much fanfare.
Riordan and his staff receive little fanfare for their work.
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- fantasia
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- polka
- reel
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- symphony
- trio
- tune
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Examples from literature
- A leader blew a brilliant fanfare on an embossed, silver horn.
- At the sound of a fanfare of trumpets I was to go into the theatre preceded by a line of pages, and accompanied by my husband.
- Coming on to the ground, the French trumpeters blew a lively fanfare which was followed by a roll of drums.
- The lively fanfare of the dinner trumpet failed to fill the saloon.
- There was a magnificent soldier chorus and the fanfare of drums and trumpets.