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basset horn

noun

  1. an alto horn with a soft tone.


basset horn

noun

  1. an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of basset horn1

1825–35; < German Bassetthorn < Italian corno di bassetto horn of a somewhat low range. See corn 2, basset 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of basset horn1

C19: probably from German Bassetthorn , from Italian bassetto , diminutive of basso + horn
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Example Sentences

Like the basset horn, Streitwolf's instruments had the four chromatic open keys extending the compass downwards to B♭.

The bore of the basset horn is wider than that of the alto clarinet in E♭, or of the tenor clarinet in F.

This brings the compass of the basset horn to a range of four octaves from , actual sounds .

Like the clarinet, the basset horn is a transposing instrument, its music being written a fifth higher than the actual sounds.

Mozart wrote several pieces for the basset-horn, and Beethoven employed it in his Prometheus overture.

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