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Definition of Double bassoon
1. Noun. The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Bassoon
Literary usage of Double bassoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation by Charles Marie Widor (1906)
"The Double-Bassoon. 15— The Double-Bassoon is pitched an octave below the standard
instrument, but does not possess the lowest Bl> and Bq. lts compass is ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"double bassoon doubles the basa of the bassoon as the doublebass does that of
the 'cello, with a compas from B" flat to F. The music sounds an octave lower ..."
3. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The double bassoon possesses every chromatic semitone throughout its whole ...
The double bassoon traces its origin back to remote ages, like the rest of ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"... and subsequently by the writer, who has introduced it into English orchestras.
The double bassoon as made on the writer's design by ..."
5. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"The double bassoon had, according to Burney, been made ' with the approbation of Mr.
Handel' for the coronation of George II, but, owing to some difficulty, ..."
6. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"THE DOUBLE-BASSOON. Is used and treated in the exact manner as in the orchestra,
and attention is once more directed to the detailed explanation of this ..."
7. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"... and subsequently by the writer, who has introduced it into English orchestras.
The double bassoon as made on the writer's design by ..."
8. The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation by Charles Marie Widor (1906)
"The Double-Bassoon. 15— The Double-Bassoon is pitched an octave below the standard
instrument, but does not possess the lowest Bl> and Bq. lts compass is ..."
9. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"double bassoon doubles the basa of the bassoon as the doublebass does that of
the 'cello, with a compas from B" flat to F. The music sounds an octave lower ..."
10. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The double bassoon possesses every chromatic semitone throughout its whole ...
The double bassoon traces its origin back to remote ages, like the rest of ..."
11. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"... and subsequently by the writer, who has introduced it into English orchestras.
The double bassoon as made on the writer's design by ..."
12. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"The double bassoon had, according to Burney, been made ' with the approbation of Mr.
Handel' for the coronation of George II, but, owing to some difficulty, ..."
13. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"THE DOUBLE-BASSOON. Is used and treated in the exact manner as in the orchestra,
and attention is once more directed to the detailed explanation of this ..."
14. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"... and subsequently by the writer, who has introduced it into English orchestras.
The double bassoon as made on the writer's design by ..."