corno di bassetto

Italian

Un corno di bassetto

Noun

corno di bassetto m (plural corni di bassetto)

1. (music) A tenor clarinet, or basset horn.
2. (music) A certain organ stop of 8' or 16' imitating the sound of the basset horn, similar to the clarinet stop.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.

See also

• basset horn

Further reading

• “corno di bassetto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.