contrabassoon

They were considered easier to make than the larger contrabassoon.

In some pieces with a large orchestra a contrabassoon is used.

The contrabassoon adds richness to the sound of a full orchestra.

These parts are nowadays all played on the contrabassoon.

Parsifal is one of only two works by Wagner in which he employed the contrabassoon.

It was around that time that the contrabassoon began gaining acceptance in church music.

Look at a bassoon, or contrabassoon, they have a pretty wild arrangement of holes.

In it, he uses the contrabassoon for the first time (as a continuo instrument).

The modern symphony orchestra typically calls for two bassoons, often with a third playing the contrabassoon.

Concertos exist for every conceivable instrument, from ocarina to contrabassoon.

In my section, if I sit towards the back and on the inside, sometimes I end up sitting next to the contrabassoon.

However, until the late 19th century, the contrabassoon typically had a weak tone and poor intonation.

Kathleen Walsh, 23, a recent college graduate who majored in music, recalled the first time she added to an article on the contrabassoon.

For more than a century, between 1880 and 2000, the contrabassoon of Heckel's design remained relatively unchanged.

On the program was also the composer's quartet for three bassoons and contrabassoon Bright Angel.

The contrabassoon has a water key to expel condensation and a tuning slide for gross pitch adjustments.

It is intended to have improved dynamics and intonation over the distinctive but sometimes reticent sound of the conventional contrabassoon.

The piece starts with a sustained double low C on the double basses, contrabassoon and organ.

It is tantalizing, sung by instruments not associated with light-footed dance: the tuba, the contrabassoon and the bass.

The piece seems to have an almost self-consciously French approach to color, including scoring for harp, contrabass clarinet and contrabassoon.

Listen carefully for the contrabassoon in the hymn-like introduction to the last movement of Symphony no 1 by Brahms.

Concerto for contrabassoon and orchestra, Op.

Folies de Paris for contrabassoon and piano (1994)

The contraforte has many technical aspects that have not been associated with instruments like the bassoon and contrabassoon.

Piccolo, contrabassoon, and trombones add to the triumphal finale of his Symphony No. 5.