tenor horn

American  

noun

1. a musical brass wind instrument with valves; the tenor member of the cornet family.

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Example Sentences

On this new album, Andrew Staples traces arresting melodies with rhetorical poise and makes an eloquent interpreter of three of Britten’s orchestral song cycles: “Les Illuminations”; Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; and Nocturne.

From New York Times

A tenor horn sings with dark luminosity in the opening movement.

From Los Angeles Times

Coleman had also encountered an old high school friend, Dewey Redman, out in San Francisco and added his tenor horn to the group.

From Washington Post

Phil history for its centennial season, Young opened her program with Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” and his Serenade for tenor, horn and strings.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’d keep it like it is,” says Tracy, who plays the tenor horn.

From The Guardian