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  2. List of oboists - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Oboe - Wikipedia

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    The Wiener oboe (Viennese oboe) is a type of modern oboe that retains the essential bore and tonal characteristics of the historical oboe. The Akademiemodel Wiener Oboe, first developed in the late 19th century by Josef Hajek from earlier instruments by C. T. Golde of Dresden (1803–73), is now made by several makers such as André ...

  4. Oboe da caccia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Thomas Stanesby - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Stanesby Sr. (c.1668–1734) and Thomas Stanesby Jr (1692–1754) [1] were English oboe, flute, bassoon and recorder-makers of the 18th century. [2] [3] Many of their instruments survive in museum collections around the world, and are widely copied by instrument makers of the present day.

  6. Marcel Ponseele - Wikipedia

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    Ponseele studied at Bruges and other conservatories in Belgium. He has specialised in the baroque oboe and is involved in making his own instruments in 18th-century style. [1] He is known for his performances of Bach.

  7. Oboe d'amore - Wikipedia

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    Modern makers of oboes d'amore include Howarth of London (instruments in African blackwood or cocobolo wood), F. Lorée in Paris (instruments in African blackwood or violetwood) and others such as French makers Rigoutat [], Fossati and Marigaux, Italian maker Bulgheroni (who offer instruments in grenadilla, violetwood, cocobolo, rosewood, palisander, and cocus wood), Japanese maker Joseph and ...

  8. Baroque instruments - Wikipedia

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    A continuous bass was the rule in Baroque music; its absence is worth mentioning and has a reason, such as describing fragility. The specific character of a movement is often defined by wind instruments, such as oboe, oboe da caccia, oboe d'amore, flauto traverso, recorder, trumpet, horn, trombone, and timpani.

  9. Taille (instrument) - Wikipedia

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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.