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There was an instrument referred to by H. de Garsault in 1761 as the basse de cromorne or basse de hautbois (Finkelman 2001) which was used by Lully, Charpentier, and other French Baroque composers. This apparently was an oboe-type instrument in the bassoon range. It had, nonetheless, a distinct tonal quality of its own.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The sarrusophone was manufactured in the following sizes and had the following theoretical ranges: E-flat Sopranino B♭-G (Sounding D♭ 4-B♭ 6) B-flat Soprano B♭-G (Sounding A♭ 3-F 6) E-flat Alto G-G (Sounding B♭ 2-B♭ 5) B-flat Tenor B♭-G (Sounding A♭ 2-F 5) E-flat Baritone G-G (Sounding B ...
The Oboe. The Yale Musical Instrument Series. New Haven, Connecticut and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09317-9. Carse, Adam (1965). Musical Wind Instruments: A History of the Wind Instruments Used in European Orchestras and Wind-Bands from the Later Middle Ages up to the Present Time. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80005-5.
The oboe da caccia (pronounced [ˈɔːboe da (k)ˈkattʃa]; literally "hunting oboe" in Italian), also sometimes referred to as an oboe da silva, is a double reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music. It has a curved tube, and in the case of ...
A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.. English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto ...
There are three types of incorporated municipalities in the Capital District of the U.S. state of New York: Cities, towns, and villages. In the State of New York, all the land located in a county is either in a city, in a town, or in an Indian Reservation. [1] New York villages are located within one or more towns and may cross town or county ...
Frank Ellsworth (F.E.) Olds was born in Medina, New York, in 1861. He was named for the Civil War hero Elmer E. Ellsworth of the Ellsworth Zouaves. While a child his family moved to Toledo, Ohio. After finishing high school, F.E. went to Elkhart, Indiana to work for C.G. Conn and learned the brass instrument making business.