The oboe ( /ˈoʊboʊ/) is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" (French compound word made of haut ("high, loud") and bois ("wood, woodwind"), "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French name. A musician who pla...
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Variations:
- Piccolo oboe ,
- Oboe d'amore ,
- Oboe da caccia ,
- Cor anglais ,
- Bass oboe ,
- Contrabass oboe ,
- Heckelphone ,
- Bass oboe ,
- Bombard ,
- Wiener oboe
Instrumentalists:
- Giuseppe Sammartini ,
- Heinz Holliger ,
- Johann Christian Fischer ,
- Léon Goossens ,
- Pierre Pierlot ,
- Benjamín Brea ,
- Paul Goodwin ,
- Richard Woodhams ,
- Elizabeth Doriss ,
- Kate St. John
