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• flügel

語源

Borrowed from German Flügel. Applied to the harpsichord and grand piano due to their wing-like shape.

名詞

flugel (plural flugels)

1. Alternative form of flugelhorn.
   • 2010 November 15, “BBCNOW/Roth at St David’s Hall, Cardiff”, in The Times‎:

     In fact the flugel, though related to the trumpet, reveals its mellow gentleness here, and the clarinet its strident edge.

   • 1958, Patrick Hadley, quotee, “Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No 9: a guide to the best recordings”, in Gramophone‎, published 2024:

     Patrick Hadley, who had heard the live broadcast of the premiere: ‘Came over marvellously – the saxes and flugel contributed a strange unearthly magic to that wonderful score, fondest love, Paddy.’

2. (obsolete) A harpsichord.
3. (obsolete) A grand piano.

Further reading

• “flugel”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “flugel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “flugel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.