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 Creatures of Prometheus by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Op. 43 — 14. Andante (Solo della signora Cassentini), performed by Laila Storch (oboe), William McColl (basset-horn) and Anita Cummings (piano). The basset-horn begins playing about 30 seconds in.
The basset horn (sometimes hyphenated as basset-horn) is a member of the clarinet family of musical instruments.
The bassethorn (sometimes hyphenated as basset-horn) is a member of the clarinet family of musical instruments. Like the clarinet, the instrument is a...
transposing instrument in A, although basset clarinets in C and B♭ and very seldom in G also exist. The similarly named bassethorn is also a clarinet with extended...
(written) C. F basset horn — Most common type. Rendall lists bassethorns in G (obsolete) and F as tenors. Shackleton lists also bassethorns in G and D from...
All-metal alto clarinets also exist. In appearance it strongly resembles the bassethorn, but usually differs in three respects: it is pitched a whole step lower...
The F major scale is: F major is the home key of the English horn, the bassethorn, the horn in F, the trumpet in F and the bass Wagner tuba. Thus, music...
an der Leitha – 15 June 1812, in Vienna) was an Austrian clarinet and bassethorn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote, amongst others, both his...
contrabass clarinets may have keywork to written D3, C3, or B2; the basset clarinet and bassethorn generally go to low C3. Defining the top end of a clarinet's...
Georg Abraham Schneider Concerto No. 1 for bassethorn and orchestra, Op.90. (1820?) Concerto No. 2 for bassethorn and orchestra, Op.105. Pedro Étienne Solère...
in Lübeck. Sabine Meyer plays the clarinet and basset clarinet in B♭ and A, as well as a bassethorn in F, all made of grenadilla by Herbert Wurlitzer...
A soprano clarinet is a clarinet that is higher in register than the bassethorn or alto clarinet. The unmodified word clarinet usually refers to the...
Orchestra clarinetist John Bruce Yeh speaks on musicians strike (April 15, 2019) Interview with John Bruce Yeh, July 9, 1987 [Mainly about the BassetHorn]...
for bassethorn and alto flute (1984–85) Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet (2006–07). See: Klang: Seventh Hour Bassetsu, for basset-horn...
two very prominent obbligati: for basset clarinet in Sesto's aria "Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio", and for bassethorn in Vitellia's aria "Non più di fiori"...
usually pitched in F and were called contrabasset horns, being an octave lower than the bassethorn. Albert (probably E. J. Albert, son of Eugène Albert)...
"an outstanding performer and tireless promoter of the clarinet and bassethorn". Suzanne Stephens was born in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of an American...
concertantes, and concertos for clarinet, cello, flute, oboe, bassoon, bassethorn, violin, viola, viola d'amore and different combinations of these instruments...
signora Casentini) Performed by Laila Storch (oboe), William McColl (bassethorn), and Anita Cummings (piano) Problems playing these files? See media...
clarinets of any size [including (contr)alto and (contra)bass clarinet, and bassethorn]. The term is also used to refer to a piece written for any of these...
clarinet, bassoon, and occasional saxophone Brass instruments, such as the horn, trumpet, trombone, cornet, euphonium, and tuba Percussion instruments, such...
Heckelphone (often played by an oboist but sometimes by a bassoonist) Bassethorn (usually played by a clarinetist) Contrabass clarinet (usually played...
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