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trumpet

[truhm-pit] / ˈtrʌm pɪt /


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blare
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He was suddenly the Wynton Marsalis of his medium: He could swing, and he could play the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

She bowed out of her professional career with Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, which she first heard at the Barbican as a young girl.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Yuja Wang, who was scheduled to appear with Bolívars in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, canceled, and the world premiere of Arturo Marquez Concerto Trumpet No. 2, which the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Smothermon disagrees: She told an investigator, and later wrote in an email, that her note may refer to “Dr Trumpet the jazz musician.”

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024

I read him two chapters of The Trumpet of the Swan, tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog — cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way — and walked downstairs to the dining room.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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