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| | basset horn - definition of basset horn in Encyclopedia |
 | | The basset-horn is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. | | | The Italian name for the instrument, corno di bassetto, was used by George Bernard Shaw as a pseudonym when writing music criticism. | | | The basset-clarinet is a modern name for a clarinet adapted to play the low notes of the basset-horn. |
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| | BASS CLARINET - LoveToKnow Article on BASS CLARINET |
| | The basset horn (q.v.) or tenor clarinet, which had reached the height of its popularity, no doubt suggested to Grenser, who was more especially renowned for his excellent fagottos, the possibility of providing for the clarinet a bass of its own. | | | The origin of the bass clarinet must be sought in Germany, where Hemn.rich Grenser of Dresden, one of the most famous instrument-makers of his day, made the first bass clarinet in 1793. | | | The tubes are of great thickness and the holes are bored obliquely through the walls. |
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http://www.12.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BA/BASS_CLARINET.htm
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