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The oboe is especially used in classical music, film music, some genres of folk music, and is occasionally heard in jazz, rock, pop, and popular music. The oboe is widely recognized as the instrument that tunes the orchestra with its distinctive 'A'. [3] A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist.
Ruth Dorothy Louisa ("Wid") Gipps MBE [1] (20 February 1921 – 23 February 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor and educator.She composed music in a wide range of genres, including five symphonies, seven concertos and many chamber and choral works. [2]
The Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat major (HWV 301) was composed by George Frideric Handel for oboe, orchestra and basso continuo. It was first published in the fourth volume of Select Harmony by Walsh in 1740. [1] Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxi, 85; and HHA iv/12,17. [1]
HWV 290 – The first movement is an expanded version of the symphonia from the Motet Silete Venti for soprano. The first allegro uses material from the Trio Sonata, Op. 2, No. 4. HWV 291 – This uses material from the Trio Sonata, Op. 2, No. 6, the Recorder Sonata, Op. 1, No. 2 and an early oboe concerto. The introductory bars of the first ...
[1] Hotteterre worked at the family workshop on the Rue de Harlay , Paris until his death at the court of Louis XIV of France . He and his brothers Jacques-Martin and Nicolas made many enhancements to the oboe , creating an "indoor" version similar to the shawm .
A number of concertos (as well as non-concerto works) have been written for the oboe, both as a solo instrument as well as in conjunction with other solo instrument(s), and accompanied by string orchestra, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, concert band, or similar large ensemble. These include concertos by the following composers:
The movement is also used in the flute sonata in E minor (HWV 375). 2 Allegro C minor 4 4: 45 Has a fugal beginning. The movement is also used in the flute sonata in E minor (HWV 375). 3 Adagio E ♭ major 3 2: 30 Concludes with a G major chord. 4 Allegro C minor 4 4: 20 Two sections (8 and 12 bars)—each with repeat markings. The movement ...
Georges-Vital-Victor Gillet (May 17, 1854 – February 8, 1920) was a French oboist, teacher and composer.In addition to premiering oboe works by prominent French composers of the 19th century, including Émile Paladilhe, Charles-Édouard Lefebvre, Clémence de Grandval, and Camille Saint-Saëns, among others, Gillet was the teacher of Fernand Gillet and Marcel Tabuteau at the Paris ...