Klarinet Archive - Posting 000889.txt from 2004/10

From: Joe Fasel <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart, Don Giovanni, and Tony Pay
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:51:34 -0400

Hi Dan,

I presume there is both "bassetklarinette" and "bassethorn". I was
just quoting the dictionaries, which had entries for "basset horn",
but not "basset clarinet". Also, I'm thinking that the diminutive,
being applied to the adjective "basso" ("low") has the sense of
"somewhat low", thus "somewhat low clarinet" more than "little
bass clarinet", but that's just my guess.

A basset hound, on the other hand, is a short dog.

--Joe

On 2004.10.27 13:30, dnleeson wrote:
> True Joe, but the name is originally German, bassetklarinette or
> little bass clarinet.
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> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Fasel [mailto:jhf@-----.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:01 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Mozart, Don Giovanni, and Tony Pay
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> According to a couple of dictionaries I checked:
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> probably from German bassetthorn, from Italian "bassetto"
> (diminutive of "basso")
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> There is a French word "basset", but that means "short", thus
> a different sense of "low".
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> Cheers,
> --Joe
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> On 2004.10.27 12:39, Andy Jablonski wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, where does the word 'Basset' come from?

Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
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