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Basset Horn
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Basset Horn 

alto clarinet.

At the end of the 18th century the basset horn consisted of two straight sections arranged at an angle, a mouthpiece with a single reed, and a bell. The modern basset horn is similar to a bass clarinet but smaller. Its timbre is soft, deep, and somber. During the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century it was used as a solo instrument and in the orchestra. Since the second half of the 19th century the basset horn has seldom been used.
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The Lotz Trio play on replicas of the basset horns made by Theodor Lotz in the 1790s (the originals are kept in the castle of Krasna Horka) and it must be said that they show a brilliant mastery of their instruments.
Jiri Druzecky: Divertissement Pour Trois Cors de Bassett by Nemec, Veroslav / Czech Music
Also featuring quite prominently is a pair of basset horns, a cross between a clarinet and a bass clarinet, an extraordinary instrument which I have never written for before.
Composer realises his operatic dream; 08 Culture Diary Premiere at ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Nicholas Cox (who can be heard in the Mozart Clarinet Quintet on February 21, later led a trio of players on basset horns, now rarely featured but said to be Mozart's favourite instrument.
Review; MOZART FESTIVAL Philharmonic by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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