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Corno di bassetto

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Cor′no di bas-set′to

(k?r′n? d? b?s-s?t′t? or b?s-s?t′t?)

;

pl.

Corni

(-n[GREEK])

di basseto

.

[It.]

(Mus.)

A tenor clarinet; – called also

basset horn

, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.