Basset horn
Modern basset horn (German and French System, Schwenk & Seggelke) | |
| Other names | it: corno di bassetto, de: Bassetthorn, fr: cor de basset |
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| Classification | Woodwind, clarinet family |
| Playing range | |
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Basset horn in F written: C3-D7, sounding a perfect fifth lower: F2-G6 | |
| Related instruments | |
| Clarinet d'amore, Alto clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone. Distinguish: Basset clarinet | |
| Musicians | |
| Suzanne Stephens, Sabine Meyer, Stephan Siegenthaler, Alessandro Carbonare Clarinet Trio | |
| Composers | |
| Carl Stamitz, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alessandro Rolla, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, Roger Sessions, Karlheinz Stockhausen | |
| Builders | |
| Schwenk & Seggelke, Herbert Wurlitzer, Leitner & Kraus, Buffet Crampon, Selmer Company | |
| Sound sample | |
The basset horn (sometimes hyphenated as basset-horn) is a member of the clarinet family of musical instruments.