From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fanfare \Fan"fare`\, n. [F. Cf. Fanfaron.]
A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;
also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns
during the chase.
[1913 Webster]
The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various
Christian princes. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanfare
n 1: a gaudy outward display [syn: ostentation, fanfare,
flash]
2: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he
entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted
with a rousing fanfare" [syn: flourish, fanfare,
tucket]