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C 2. Arpeggione. C 2 /C 3. Bagpipe. Great Highland bagpipe. variable D ♭4 - D 4. A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D ♭4 (referred to as B ♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C). Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D ♭4 and D 4. [1]. Northumbrian smallpipes in F or F+.
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 ...
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 ...
Contrabass oboe. 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 ...
Ten Blake Songs. Ten Blake Songs is a song cycle for tenor or soprano voice and oboe composed over the Christmas period of 1957 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), for the 1958 film The Vision of William Blake by Guy Brenton for Morse Films. [1] The first nine songs are from Songs of Innocence and of Experience by the English poet and ...
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)
See media help. A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. The popular device best known today as a "music box" developed from musical ...
Sacred music and choral music. Poulenc turned to writing also religious music in the 1930s, composing a Mass in G major for a cappella choir. He composed the Stabat Mater in 1950 in memory of the painter Christian Bérard in 1950. The late Gloria for soprano, choir and orchestra became one of his best-known works.