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PRONUNCIATION OF POST HORN

post horn play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POST HORN

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Post horn is a noun.
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WHAT DOES POST HORN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

post horn

Post horn

The post horn is a valveless cylindrical brass or copper instrument with cupped mouthpiece, used to signal the arrival or departure of a post rider or mail coach. It was used especially by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries. Mail coaches had tight schedules and travelled at high speed, given priority of way in most countries. Other road users were required to clear completely out of the way. The Post Horn also acted as a modern day siren, the sound travelling some distance ahead and giving warning of a fast approaching mail coach before it could be seen. The instrument commonly had a circular or coiled shape with three turns of the tubing, though sometimes it was straight. It is therefore an example of a natural horn. The cornet was developed from the post horn by adding valves. Mozart, Mahler, and others incorporated the instrument into their orchestras for certain pieces. On such occasions, the orchestra's horn player usually plays the instrument. One example of post horn use in modern classical music is the famous off-stage solo in Mahler's Third Symphony.

Definition of post horn in the English dictionary

The definition of post horn in the dictionary is a simple valveless natural horn consisting of a long tube of brass or copper, either straight or coiled; formerly often used to announce the arrival of a mailcoach.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POST HORN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE POST HORN

acoustic horn
alto horn
bass horn
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bighorn
blow one´s horn
English horn
exponential horn
French horn
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Matterhorn
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Synonyms and antonyms of post horn in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «post horn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POST HORN

Find out the translation of post horn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of post horn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «post horn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后角
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mensaje cuerno
570 millions of speakers

English

post horn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोस्ट सींग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

آخر القرن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сообщение рог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pós chifre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোস্ট শিঙা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cor postal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanduk pos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Posthorn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポストホーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포스트 혼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sungu tandha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gửi sừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடுப்பு கொம்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्ट हॉर्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boynuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corno postale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

po róg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повідомлення ріг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mesaj corn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετά κέρατο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plaas horing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

posthorn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

posthornet
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POST HORN»

The term «post horn» is normally little used and occupies the 119.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POST HORN»

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Playing Before the Lord: The Life and Work of Joseph Haydn
Instead of the loud D major fanfare, the strings softly play a theme in D minor related to a countermelody that accompanied the post horn at the end of the exposition — but the post-horn theme itself is absent (see Diagram 6-1). Nevertheless ...
Calvin Stapert, 2014
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
P67 (History)] BT Brass instruments Post horn duets USE Post horn music (Post horns (2)) Post horn music [M 1 10.P[ Here are entered compositions not in specific form or of a specific type for solo post horn, and collections of compositions in ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
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The highwayman: romantic comic opera in three acts
romantic comic opera in three acts Reginald De Koven, Harry Bache Smith. PI poet-horn sings, All its mu-sic to give warning. It is trot, trot, trot, on the •J' p b $ P post-honi sings, All its mu-sic to give warning. It is trot, trot, trot, on the i post-horn  ...
Reginald De Koven, Harry Bache Smith, 1856
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Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz: A Study of ...
18 is based on a rhythm typical of post horn calls (quarter note/two eighth notes/ quarter note) and is a ubiquitous feature ofViennese waltzes, especially commonplace in introductions, in first themes, and at the openings of codas– places where ...
Eric McKee, 2012
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Reinventing the Sublime: Post-Romantic Literature and Theory
When Oedipa trawls night-time San Francisco looking for clues on her quest, she encounters a 'profusion of post horns': the multiplication and 'replication'83 of the sign of Tristero – the 'muted post horn'84 that she first discovers in the latrine ...
Steven Vine, 2013
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Post harvest technology of crops USE Crops~Postharvest technology Post high school education USE Postsecondary education Post horn (Мау Subd Geog) [ ML990. P67 ( History )1 ВТ Brass instruments Post hom duets USE Post horn music ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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The Crying of Lot 49
The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
Thomas Pynchon, 2012
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Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
1 Long live the post—horn!* It is my instrument, for many reasons, principally because one can never be certain of coaxing the same tone out of it twice. A post —horn is capable of producing an infinite number of tones, and the one who puts it ...
Soren Kierkegaard, Edward F. Mooney, 2009
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The Fifth Wheel
she turned to look at the horns. “It was a post horn, actually. Mozart wrote a lovely serenade for post horn.” “Really! We use the short post horn rather than a a full- length coach horn for tandem driving. It must've been a real challenge for Mozart,  ...
Barbara Weir, 2003
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Mahler's Voices: Expression and Irony in the Songs and ...
A paradigmatic example of such an interruption in Mahler occurs in the third movement of the Third Symphony, where the call of the post horn itself becomes a voice. Heralded by the muted trumpet fanfare that precedes it [Fig 12 and again , ...
Julian Johnson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POST HORN»

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES: UFO sightings near East Grinstead
... Crowder, thanked her host and walked out into the warm September air towards her car parked in front of the house, in Post Horn Lane. «East Grinstead Courier & Observer, Jul 15»
2
BBC radio went on the air - despite interference
However, the broadcast began right on time with the word Leicester tapped out in Morse Code, followed by the Post Horn Gallop. «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
3
Best of British on display for Proms in the Park
A performance of The Huntsman with Post Horn Duet. Picture: CHRIS BOOTH. Andy Walker / Sunday 28 June 2015 / News. Share. 2 comments. Sunday 28 ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
4
We may never know who wrote that mysterious satire about Silicon …
I sent over a photo of the muted-post horn, the sign of the Tristero in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, as a sign that I was ready to ... «Fusion, Jun 15»
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Hartfield and Forest Row artists opening their doors
Richard Heys where: Treetops, Post Horn Lane, Forest Row, RH18 5DD DATES: June 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 OPENING TIMES: 5 – 8pm on ... «East Grinstead Courier & Observer, Jun 15»
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Fourth Sapcote and Sharnford fun run for two good causes
Runners, walkers and joggers will set off on the 4.5km (2.8 miles) route to the sound of the Post Horn Galop by Paul Hing, the man who plays ... «Hinckley Times, Jun 15»
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Music Review: Amherst Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler's …
... unusually, in the center of the orchestra); the post horn solo in the third movement, played by the principal trumpet (Nairam Simoes) from the ... «GazetteNET, Apr 15»
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Major restoration underway at New Mills Art Theatre to revive its …
... of ladies who performed multiple feats at once – like knitting, eating bananas and blowing a post horn while submerged in a tank of water. «Buxton Advertiser, Apr 15»
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Hydrant thieves put neighborhood at risk
Multiple unlocked vehicles around the 9900 block of Post Horn Drive were entered on March 20. Cash, electronic devices and miscellaneous ... «Chesterfield Observer, Apr 15»
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HISTORY: The day Arsenal came to town
Amid deafening roars, Colchester ran out to the tune of the post horn gallop. They began at a furious pace, but by half time Arsenal led 2-0. «Gazette, Mar 15»

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