The man's voice was low and deep, almost a basso.

Basso didn't have to make out specific words to know what was probably going on.

Basso stepped into his office not five minutes after being called.

The big ones sang basso profundo$ all the way down.

And Basso had no one but himself to blame for it.

His lead over Basso is not so huge that he cannot somehow be caught.

He pointed in the opposite direction, and Basso followed him.

January 2005 saw the death of Basso's mother, who died after battling cancer.

One thing to be said for Basso, he was punctual.

He said he and Basso had been working together to help her.

Did he write col basso in the score and leave it at that?

He called Basso "not only my rival but a special person.

Everybody turned to see who had spoken with such authority, in a rich, confident basso.

Mr. Basso said his group would make no further comment.

The great basso's birthday is being observed by several musical organizations.

His musical works are among the first to use basso continuo.

His voice, though low, carried the basso tone that had been mentioned in the newspapers.

Their hope was "to see if there were some signs during life to be able to predict this event," Basso says.

Most of his memorial works are also in basso rilievo.

Mr. Basso himself, it turned out, was working the floor on the day of our visit.

"Of course," Basso said reluctantly, realizing that he should have expected this order.

At first, he felt it with his mind, like a basso counterpoint to the Veil.

They were crowded into the opposite corner, howling in basso.

The chorus of his voice had become a threatening basso rumble.

A full basso box is half the size of an Apple box.