basset horn
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of basset horn
1825–35; < German Bassetthorn < Italian corno di bassetto horn of a somewhat low range. See corn 2, basset 1
Example Sentences
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Glendale Noon Concerts Classical works for viola d’amore, basset horn and viola by Stamitz, Krumlovsky and Haydn.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2019
Eve, portrayed by Nicola Jürgensen, a brilliant player of the basset horn, is dressed in a cosmic, space-traveler costume that complements Michael’s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2013
Greenewalt, who used to play clarinet, cello and the piano, now likes to tootle on the basset horn.
From Time Magazine Archive
His mother had a fine mezzo-soprano voice, and at the beginning of his journalistic career, he was a music critic signing himself Corno di Bassetto, which means basset horn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mendelssohn used it in military music, and in two concerted pieces for clarinet and basset horn with pianoforte accompaniment, in F and D min., opp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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