A horn is any of a family of musical instruments made of a tube, usually made of metal and often curved in various ways, with one narrow end into which the musician blows, and a wide end from which sound emerges.
Horn, the orchestral and military brass instrument derived from the trompe (or cor) de chasse, a large circular hunting horn that appeared in France about 1650 and soon began to be used orchestrally.
Horn, in music, any of several wind instruments sounded by vibration of the player’s tensed lips against a mouthpiece and primarily derived from animal horns blown at the truncated narrow end or, as among many tropical peoples, at a hole in the side.
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The meaning of HORN is one of the usually paired bony processes that arise from the head of many ungulates and that are found in some extinct mammals and reptiles.
Definition: The term “horn” refers to a family of brass instruments, characterized by tubing (usually metal), curves, a narrow end to blow into, and a wide end for sound to emerge.
The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. The instrument was first developed in England as a hunting horn around the year 1650. The French referred to it as the German horn, the Germans called it the hunting horn, and the English called it the French horn.