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Definition of Althorn
1. n. An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
Definition of Althorn
1. Noun. (musical instruments) An alto or tenor saxhorn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Althorn
1. a brass wind instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Althorn
Literary usage of Althorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"These horns are made in six compasses, as follows: E flat, Soprano or Flügel
Horn; В flat, Alto Flügel Horn; E flat, Tenor or althorn; В flat, ..."
2. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"The choristers are educated in or althorn; В flat, Bass or Eupho- is supported
by the sovereign's pri- don; and В flat, Contrabass. ..."
3. An Index of the Names of the Royalists Whose Estates Were Confiscated During by Mabel Geraldine Woodruffe Peacock, Henry Scobell (1879)
"43^ althorn, Essex (Anderton) .... 40} Alvington, Gloucestershire . . . .27} ...
490 ANDERTON, , of althorn, Essex . . . 40} ANDERTON, Christopher ..."
4. The Legal Guide by Great Britain Courts (1840)
"John Robinson, by his will, dated the 2nd October, 1819, after devising a freehold
estate at althorn, in Essex, to Joshua Robinson and James Addison, ..."
5. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"Some of them have acquired the special names of althorn, baryton, euphonium,
bombardon. See althorn, baryton, euphonium, bombardon. ..."
6. Norsk bokfortegnelse by Norske bokhandlerforening, Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo (1892)
"Kvintet: Es- og B-Kornet, iste althorn, 2det Tenorhorn og Tuba. Sextet: som i
Kvintet med iste Tenorhorn. Septet: som i Sextet med begge althorn. ..."
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