A musical instrument; either an Italian or German brass instrument similar to a French horn, or a wind instrument with a conical bore.
From Italian and German 'corno,' directly from Latin 'cornu' (horn). The term refers to various brass instruments that evolved from the natural horn tradition, particularly in European classical music from the 17th century onward.
The corno was one of the most important innovations in orchestra development because it could produce notes that natural horns couldn't—composers like Mozart wrote parts that essentially required them, making them indispensable to modern orchestral sound!
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