Mus. Pl. corni. [It.:—L. cornu.] The Italian word for HORN, applied esp. to the French horn. Corno inglese = COR ANGLAIS or English horn; corno di bassetto, the basset-horn; also name of an organ stop.
1818. Moore, Fudge Fam. in Paris, vi. 118. [He] superintends the Corni parts.
1856. Mrs. C. Clarke, Berlioz’ Instrument., 99. The low sounds of the corno inglese. Ibid., 115. The low notes of the corno di bassetto are the finest.
1876. Hiles, Catech. Organ, x. (1878), 72. Corno di Bassetto … another name for the Clarionet stop, when it extends throughout the compass of the Manual [of the organ].
