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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 ...
When the word oboe is used alone, it is generally taken to mean the soprano member rather than other instruments of the family, such as the bass oboe, the cor anglais (English horn), or oboe d'amore. Today, the oboe is commonly used as orchestral or solo instrument in symphony orchestras , concert bands and chamber ensembles.
This is a list of compositions by Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000), ordered by opus number. [1] [2] Composition dates shown in Roman font are as given at Hovhaness.com, [3] while conflicting dates from Kunze [4] or New Grove [5] are shown in italics.
Five Fragments for clarinet and piano (1997) [ 8 ][ 9 ] Duell (Duel) for trombone and electric guitar (1998) Nachtstück (Nightpiece) for piano, clarinet and cello (1998) [ 10 ] Wandrers Nachtlied (Wanderer's Nightsong) for soprano and five instruments (1999) Ikarische Klage (Icanian Lament) for 10 strings (1999)
Sequenza VII (composed 1969) is a composition for solo oboe by Luciano Berio, the seventh of his fourteen Sequenze. The sequenza calls for extended technique. In 1975, Berio used Sequenza VII as part of Chemins IV, which included an orchestra of eleven string instruments. In 1993, Claude Delangle adapted the work for soprano saxophone, naming ...
Crudelissimo amore (for alto and bass continuo) Dove sei, che fai cor mio (for soprano and bass continuo) E dove, Amor, mi guidi (for soprano, instruments and bass continuo) Fatto bersaglio eterno (for alto and bass continuo) Già tornava l’aurora. In alta rocca, ove d’un genio amico (for soprano and bass continuo)
The soprano recorder is an octave above the level of the human soprano voice. Its lowest note is C 5, and the normal range is C 5 –D 7, but expert players achieve notes up to G 7. Compositions for soprano recorder are usually notated an octave lower than they sound. The timbre is similar to the sound of the flue pipes of an organ, which is ...
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (/ t eɪ f ˈ z w ɪ l ɪ k / tayf ZWIL-ik; [1] born April 30, 1939) [2] is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s, she had shifted to a postmodernist, neoromantic style. [3]