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the sound of brass announcing that someone important just walked in.
means A short, showy burst of music — usually trumpets — or, by extension, any flashy display of attention surrounding an event.
from From French 'fanfare,' meaning a flourish of trumpets, related to the verb 'fanfarer,' to blow a fanfare. Many trace it further back to Spanish 'fanfarrón,' a braggart or show-off — fittingly, since a fanfare is music doing exactly that. The whole cluster is likely imitative in origin, the words themselves mimicking the brash 'fan-fa-ra' blare of the horns.
- royal roots
- Trumpets heralded kings before anyone could read decrees
- olympic staple
- Fanfares open the Games with deliberate goosebumps
- copland classic
- Fanfare for the Common Man honored ordinary people grandly
- short by design
- Built to grab attention, then quickly get out
royal artillery fanfare — ceremonial trumpet piece played at british state occasions since the 1950s
nbc chimes fanfare — three-note trumpet fanfare used as nbc network's signature sound since 1943
aaron copland fanfare — commissioned by cbs in 1942, 'fanfare for the common man' premiered on radio