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Definition of Contrafagotto
1. Noun. The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrafagotto
Literary usage of Contrafagotto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"His orchestra consisted of two to four flutes, two to four oboes, English horn,
two clarinets, bass clarinet, two fagotti, contrafagotto, four to six horns, ..."
2. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"In this work the serpent is used in the overture and in most of the principal
choruses, occasionally with the contrafagotto. Mendelssohn also uses the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"The contrafagotto or double bassoon, in pitch an octave below the ordinary bassoon,
is not by any means a new instrument ; but the older instruments were of ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"The contrafagotto or double bassoon, in pitch an octave below the ordinary bassoon,
is not by any means a new instrument ; but the older instruments were of ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"... he used a quartet consisting of Slide Trumpet, Alto and Tenor Trombones, with
Euphonium and contrafagotto in octaves for the positive bass. ..."
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