A high, clear register or bright sound on wind instruments; also a baroque trumpet player specializing in high-register playing.
Italian from Latin 'clarus' (clear, bright). In baroque music, 'clarino' became a technical term for both the playing technique and the musician's specialty.
The baroque clarino player was a superstar—hitting high D's and E's on a natural trumpet with no valves required incredible skill and lung power, and composers wrote showy parts just to showcase their brilliance.
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