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Today, the oboe is commonly used as orchestral or solo instrument in symphony orchestras, concert bands and chamber ensembles. 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 ...
The shehnai, is a type of oboe originating from the Indian subcontinent. [1] It is made of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell at the other end. [2] [3] [4] It was one of the nine instruments found in the royal court. The shehnai is similar to South India's nadaswaram.
The bass oboe or baritone oboe is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family. It is essentially twice the size of a regular (soprano) oboe so it sounds an octave lower; it has a deep, full tone somewhat akin to that of its higher-pitched cousin, the English horn. The bass oboe is notated in the treble clef, sounding one octave lower than ...
The pear-shaped bell (called Liebesfuß) of the cor anglais gives it a more covered timbre than the oboe, closer in tonal quality to the oboe d'amore.Whereas the oboe is the soprano instrument of the oboe family, the cor anglais is generally regarded as the alto member of the family, and the oboe d'amore—pitched between the two in the key of A—as the mezzo-soprano member. [5]
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. For Bach, some instruments carried symbolic meaning such as a trumpet, the royal instrument of the Baroque, for secular and divine majesty: three trumpets for the ...
Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss composer, virtuoso oboist, [1] and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. [1]
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Compositions for oboe (4 C, 13 P) Compositions for English horn (1 C, 3 P) O. Oboe makers (1 C, 4 P) Oboists (5 C, 3 P) S. Single oboes (2 C) Pages in category "Oboes"