Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various
         Christian princes.                       --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Source : WordNet®

fanfare
     n 1: a showy outward display [syn: {ostentation}]
     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}, {tucket}]