clarino

American  

[kluh-ree-noh] / kləˈri noʊ /

noun

clarini, plural clarinos plural

1. a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.

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clarino British  

/ klæˈriːnəʊ /

adjective

1. of or relating to a high passage for the trumpet in 18th-century music

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noun

1. the high register of the trumpet

2. an organ stop similar to the high register of the trumpet

3. a trumpet or clarion

Etymology

Origin of clarino

< Italian: trumpet, probably < Spanish clarin < French; see clarinet

Example Sentences

Hans Thamm conducts his Windsbach Boys' Choir and a small ensemble that gets arresting effects with such archaic instruments as the clarino and the theorboe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vox says it used a "clarino" for the part, which sounds more like a clarinet than a trumpet.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is suggested that the name clarinet or clarinetto was bestowed on account of the resemblance in timbre between the high registers of the clarino and clarinet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

The word “clarionet” is similarly derived from “clarion,” the English equivalent of clarino.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

At the beginning of the 18th century in Italy clarinetto, the diminutive of clarino, would be masculine, whereas chiarinetta or clarinetta would be feminine,1 as in Doppelmayr’s account of the invention written in 1730.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various