bassoonn.

Brit.

/bəˈsuːn/, U.S.

/bəˈsun/

Etymology: < French basson, augmentative of bas , basse bass n.⁵; or perhaps bas son deep sound (Littré).

Music.

1. A wooden double-reed instrument, with a compass of about three octaves, used as a bass to the oboe, having a pipe eight feet in length, so arranged in parts (whence the Italian name fagotto) that the whole instrument measures only four feet.

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bassoon1728

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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Basson, or Bassoon, a Musical Instrument of the Wind Kind, serving for the Base in Consorts of Musick.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 207 In a different language it [sc. poetry] may be the same tune, but it has not the same tone. Homer plays it on a bassoon; Pope on a flagelet.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The wedding-guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.

1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 148 As if a broken fife should strive To drown a cracked bassoon.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 152/1 Handel's scores contain few bassoon parts.

Categories »

a. An organ stop of a quality of tone similar to that of the bassoon.

Categories »

b. A series of reeds of similar tone in a harmonium, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bassoon
释义	bassoonn. Brit. /bəˈsuːn/, U.S. /bəˈsun/ Etymology: < French basson, augmentative of bas , basse bass n.⁵; or perhaps bas son deep sound (Littré). Music. 1. A wooden double-reed instrument, with a compass of about three octaves, used as a bass to the oboe, having a pipe eight feet in length, so arranged in parts (whence the Italian name fagotto) that the whole instrument measures only four feet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > bassoon bassoon1728 fagotto1782 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Basson, or Bassoon, a Musical Instrument of the Wind Kind, serving for the Base in Consorts of Musick. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 207 In a different language it [sc. poetry] may be the same tune, but it has not the same tone. Homer plays it on a bassoon; Pope on a flagelet. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The wedding-guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. 1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 148 As if a broken fife should strive To drown a cracked bassoon. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 152/1 Handel's scores contain few bassoon parts. 2. Categories » a. An organ stop of a quality of tone similar to that of the bassoon. Categories » b. A series of reeds of similar tone in a harmonium, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1728
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