royal fanfare
Monarch's ceremonial announcement
A royal fanfare is a short, ceremonial brass flourish announcing the arrival or presence of a monarch or other royal figure.
The term extends to any grand, trumpet-heavy musical introduction meant to signal importance or command attention: The product launch opened with a royal fanfare.
Figuratively, it describes elaborate ceremony or excessive buildup: He announced his retirement with all the royal fanfare you'd expect.
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- brass sectionOrchestra's wind-blown metal instruments
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- state occasionFormal governmental celebration
red carpet · procession · grand entrance · pomp and circumstance · ceremony · brass · flourish · regal · majestic · throne · crown · crown jewels · pageantry · announcement · bugles · horns · nobility · grandeur
- Brass Musicbrass ensemble, brass quintet, brass band, brass bands, trumpet solo
- royal anthemsGod Save the King, God Save the Queen, state anthem
- coronationcoronation, crowning, crown, enthronement, anointing
royal fanfarebackground music
Audio meant to accompany
elevator music · muzak · ambient music · incidental music · hold music
royal fanfarewhisper
Speech without full voice
murmur · requiem · funeral dirge · lament · funeral march
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