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A fanfare is a flourish or call made on trumpet to introduce an important person or event.  A fanfare is usually made up of the notes of a simple chord.

Fanfares were originally used to send messages in battle, hunts and court ceremonies.  

A 20th-century example is the "Fanfare for the Common Man," by the American composer Aaron Copland

There is a traditional plainsong setting of the Requiem Mass; also settings by many composers, including Palestrina, Lassus, Victoria, Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Faure, and Benjamin Britten.