octobassn.

Brit.

/ˌɒktə(ʊ)ˈbeɪs/, U.S.

/ˌɑktoʊˈbeɪs/

Forms: 1800s octobasse, 1800s– octobass.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: octo- comb. form, bass n.⁵

Etymology: < octo- comb. form + bass n.⁵, after French octobasse (although this is first attested slightly later: 1851; also 1874 as octabasse).The instrument was first developed by J. B. Vuillaume (1798–1875); compare quot 1889. The name refers to the instrument's limited range of eight notes.

Music. Now historical.

A very large instrument of the viol family, having three strings which were stopped by keys worked by the fingers and feet.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > bass-viol

bumfiddle1599

bass-viola1616

baritone1685

bass1702

violone1724

bassette1847

octobass1850

1850 Boulogne Gaz. 3 Dec. 3/3 Mr. William Green, shipping agent at Folkstone, received on the 1st inst, from Paris, an ‘octobasse’, which we believe is intended for M. Jullien, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.

1856 M. C. Clarke tr. H. Berlioz Treat. Mod. Instrumentation 240/1 M. Vuillaume, a musical-instrument maker of Paris, whose excellent violins are so much esteemed, has just enriched the family of stringed instruments by a fine and powerful member,—the octo-bass.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1544/1 Octo-bass, an instrument of the viol family, the low octave of the violoncello.

1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 341 He [sc. J. B. Vuillaume] sent his ‘Octobasse’..to the Paris Exhibition of 1849... At the London Exhibition of 1851 he had..his perfected ‘Octobasse’, for which he was awarded the Grand Council medal.

1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music I. 572/1 Also three-stringed is the experimental ‘octo-bass’ designed by..Vuillaume in 1848.

1993 Strings Mar. 88/2 The octobass.., a giant doublebass developed in the 19th century by the French violin maker Vuillaume.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	octobass
释义	octobassn. Brit. /ˌɒktə(ʊ)ˈbeɪs/, U.S. /ˌɑktoʊˈbeɪs/ Forms: 1800s octobasse, 1800s– octobass. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: octo- comb. form, bass n.⁵ Etymology: < octo- comb. form + bass n.⁵, after French octobasse (although this is first attested slightly later: 1851; also 1874 as octabasse).The instrument was first developed by J. B. Vuillaume (1798–1875); compare quot 1889. The name refers to the instrument's limited range of eight notes. Music. Now historical. A very large instrument of the viol family, having three strings which were stopped by keys worked by the fingers and feet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > bass-viol bumfiddle1599 bass-viola1616 baritone1685 bass1702 violone1724 bassette1847 octobass1850 1850 Boulogne Gaz. 3 Dec. 3/3 Mr. William Green, shipping agent at Folkstone, received on the 1st inst, from Paris, an ‘octobasse’, which we believe is intended for M. Jullien, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. 1856 M. C. Clarke tr. H. Berlioz Treat. Mod. Instrumentation 240/1 M. Vuillaume, a musical-instrument maker of Paris, whose excellent violins are so much esteemed, has just enriched the family of stringed instruments by a fine and powerful member,—the octo-bass. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1544/1 Octo-bass, an instrument of the viol family, the low octave of the violoncello. 1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 341 He [sc. J. B. Vuillaume] sent his ‘Octobasse’..to the Paris Exhibition of 1849... At the London Exhibition of 1851 he had..his perfected ‘Octobasse’, for which he was awarded the Grand Council medal. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music I. 572/1 Also three-stringed is the experimental ‘octo-bass’ designed by..Vuillaume in 1848. 1993 Strings Mar. 88/2 The octobass.., a giant doublebass developed in the 19th century by the French violin maker Vuillaume. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1850
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