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Definition of Tenoroons
1. tenoroon [n] - See also: tenoroon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenoroons
Literary usage of Tenoroons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments Recently Exhibited at the by Charles Russell Day, David James Blaikley (1891)
"This and the instrument previously described are believed to be the only tenoroons
in existence made by this great maker; both specimens belonged formerly ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"Such bassoons in F or Eb, ie a fourth or a minor third above the usual key of
the instrument, are generally known as tenor bassoons or tenoroons, ..."
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