Fagotto

Fagotto 1. It. term for bassoon and its predecessor, the curtal. The word is first recorded in 1565 in a tutor for the phagotum, where each pillar of the instr. was called a “fagoto” (89 Langwill); 2. syn. of bassoon (organ stop); 3. syn. of dulcian (organ stop) (3). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954. Adlung, Jacob. Musica mechanica organoedi. Berlin, 1768.