flügelhorn

American  

[floo-guhl-hawrn, fly-guhl-hawrn] / ˈflu gəlˌhɔrn, ˈflü gəlˌhɔrn /

Or flugelhorn,

noun

1. a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.

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flugelhorn British  

/ ˈfluːɡəlˌhɔːn /

noun

1. a type of valved brass instrument consisting of a tube of conical bore with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used esp in brass bands. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or C, and has the same range as the cornet in B flat

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Other Word Forms

• fluegelhornist noun
• flugelhornist noun
• flügelhornist noun

Etymology

Origin of flügelhorn

1850–55; < German, equivalent to Flügel wing + Horn horn

Example Sentences

Chuck Mangione, the Grammy-winning flugelhorn player and prolific jazz musician known for songs including “Feels So Good” and “Children of Sanchez,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times

When Catalina Elias, an engineer living in Wrightwood, Calif., couldn’t find any stickers dedicated to flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, she hopped onto Canva and made one that says, “Go ahead, keep honkin! I’m listening to Chuck Mangione’s 1977 hit ‘Feels So Good.’”

From Los Angeles Times

When Catalina Elias, an engineer living in Wrightwood, Calif., couldn’t find any stickers dedicated to flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, she hopped onto Canva and made one that says, “Go ahead, keep honkin! I’m listening to Chuck Mangione’s 1977 hit ‘Feels So Good.’

From Los Angeles Times

And the flugelhorn in “I Say a Little Prayer.”

From Washington Post

“Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies,” she wrote.

From Seattle Times