Klarinet Archive - Posting 001088.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Re : [kl] Basset questions
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 06:20:19 -0500

Nothing wrong with this -- but I think the discussion was really about the
German term "Bassetthorn", which surfaced in the late 18th century, and
presumably was the source of the Italian term.
Roger Shilcock

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 Alan.Woodcock@-----.net wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:29:22 +0100
> From: Alan.Woodcock@-----.net
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re : [kl] Basset questions
>
> My French dictionary (le Petit Robert, generally considered authoritative)
> gives two derivations for "basset".
> 1. 16th century : the hound. Derived from "bas" (low). That's a pure
> french derivation from a 12th century adjective.
> 2. 1866, from Italian "bassetto" : music : "cor de basset, clarinette
> basse" [sic]
> While French was (is) the language of educated persons, Italian was (is?)
> the lingua franca of musicians.
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