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What is a basso?

What is a basso? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
  2. (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
  3. (music) The double bass, or contrabasso.
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He was a stern, vindictive man with piercing dark eyes and a booming basso voice which always made her shudder.
The Canadian pianist was a law unto himself, singing as he played in a grumbling basso.
I was a trumpet in Army, and the basso profundo in the other two.
They are a kind of basso ostinato for the diplomats who gather and gab.
And, since my husband won't sing to me, I don't really know that he's a basso profundo, but his voice is rather low.
The original corno basso was a brass instrument of narrow bore with the pistons set horizontally.

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