DOUBLE BASSOON Definition & Meaning

double bassoon

noun

a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.

double bassoon

noun

music the lowest and largest instrument in the oboe class; contrabassoon

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of double bassoon¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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At length Harris challenged his redoubtable rival to make certain additional reed stops, vox humana, cremona, double bassoon and other stops, within a given time.

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Mr. Dubbe wrote the motive on the blackboard and then played it on his double bassoon, which, he said, is one of the very few in this country.

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Although the double bassoon is not a transposing instrument the music for it is written an octave higher than the real sounds in order to avoid the ledger lines.

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I go further than Beethoven in preferring the double bassoon.

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