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: a double-reed woodwind instrument having a long U-shaped conical tube connected to the mouthpiece by a thin metal tube and a usual range two octaves lower than that of the oboe
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Behind the bassoons and in front of the trumpets was an odd trapezoidal object, reminiscent of a baccarat table, its surface strung with strings like the innards of a piano laid bare.
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The Tangent members are Steven Palacio, bassoon; James Blanchard, flute; Tamara Winston, oboe; Alec Manasse, clarinet; and Cort Roberts, horn.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
In the prelude to the fourth act, set in the Sultan’s prison, cellos and bassoons play an upward line that resembles the lyrical second theme of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The sauce has a subtle, persistent heat playing in the background—more like a bassoon than a blaring trombone.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The Tangent members are Steven Palacio, bassoon; James Blanchard, flute; Tamara Winston, oboe; Alec Manasse, clarinet; and Cort Roberts, horn.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
In the prelude to the fourth act, set in the Sultan’s prison, cellos and bassoons play an upward line that resembles the lyrical second theme of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The sauce has a subtle, persistent heat playing in the background—more like a bassoon than a blaring trombone.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Bassoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bassoon. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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