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The oboe remains uncommon in jazz music, but there have been notable uses of the instrument. Some early bands in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably that of Paul Whiteman, included it for coloristic purposes. Most often in this era it was used for dance band music, but occasionally oboists may be heard used in a similar manner to a saxophone for ...
Oboe musette or piccolo oboe, the smallest member of the oboe family; Suona, a type of Chinese sorna (double-reeded horn) Bal-musette, a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in the 1880s; Tablature#Musette tablature, a form of musical notation
Klezmer (Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions.
Ancient Berber music is stylistically diverse, with styles including pentatonic music, such instruments as the oboe and the bagpipes, and African rhythms along with singing. [6] These ancient musical traditions have been kept alive by small bands of musicians traveling from village to village, entertaining at weddings and other social events ...
The oboe d'amore was invented in the eighteenth century and was first used by Christoph Graupner in his cantata Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güt (1717). Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many pieces—a concerto, many of his cantatas, and the Et in Spiritum sanctum movement of his Mass in B minor—for the instrument.
With the resurgence of interest in early music in the late 20th century, the Wiener oboe has emerged as an alternative to the use of hautboys or baroque oboes, retaining the tone color of the early instruments but not the significant limitations. In more recent years, as interest and use of the Wiener oboe has slowly increased, oboes are now ...
In 2004, Van Cleve published her first book, Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques. [3] Composer Anthony Braxton said of the book: "The release of this book will extend the evolution and exploratory dimensions of creative oboe music. It is a must-have for any serious student of oboe music." In 2014, a revised edition was released.
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.