corno di bassetto
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
corno di bassetto m (plural corni di bassetto)
- (music) A tenor clarinet, or basset horn.
- (music) A certain organ stop of 8' or 16' imitating the sound of the basset horn, similar to the clarinet stop.
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “corno di bassetto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.