Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The French form of
bassoon .
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Examples
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In course of time keys were added to it, and when changed into a bassoon shape its name changed to the Russian bass horn or basson Russe.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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During the rehearsal he suddenly stopped the orchestra and cried out: "F. sharp, F. sharp in the second bassoon is wrong", only to be answered by the first basson player, "Beg pardon, Sir, the second bassoon is absent today."
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It was my second chamber work involving double reed instruments (oboe and basson).
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