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However, the period-instrument movement has seen a revival of the taille, with a number of makers now producing reproductions of classic examples. [ 4 ] The term was also later applied to any instrument that played the tenor part in an orchestra, e.g. the tenor viol or viola.
An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette. The following is a list of notable past and present professional oboists, with indications when they were/are known better for other professions in ...
The members of the oboe family from top: heckelphone, bass oboe, cor anglais, oboe d'amore, oboe, and piccolo oboe The standard oboe has several siblings of various sizes and playing ranges. The most widely known and used today is the cor anglais (English horn) the tenor (or alto) member of the family.
The sarrusophones are a family of metal double reed conical bore woodwind instruments patented and first manufactured by French instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot in 1856. Gautrot named the sarrusophone after French bandmaster Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (1813–1876), whom he credited with the concept of the instrument, though it is not clear ...
The oboe d'amore (Italian for 'love oboe'; (pronounced [ˈɔːboe daˈmoːre]), less commonly hautbois d'amour (French: [obwɑ damuʁ]), is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. [1] Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and a more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe ...
Conn founded the Continental Music retail subsidiary in 1923 which, at the height of its success, included a chain of over 30 music stores. During the 1920s C. G. Conn owned the Elkhart Band Instrument Company (1923–27), the Leedy Company (1929–55), a manufacturer of percussion, and 49.9% of the stock of the retailer H.
The first use of the heckelphone was in Richard Strauss's 1905 opera Salome. [2]: 324 The instrument was subsequently employed in the same composer's Elektra, as well as An Alpine Symphony [5] (though this part frequently calls for notes that are below the range of the heckelphone), [6] Josephslegende [7] and Festliches Präludium.
By 1922 the company incorporated, [6] had 10 employees [2] and moved into a small factory at 237 E. 41st Street in New York. [6] In 1924 Bach began producing cornets and trumpets under the Stradivarius by Vincent Bach Corporation name. [2] [7] In 1928, tenor and bass trombones were added to the product line as the company expanded and relocated ...