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o·boe

(ō′bō)

1. A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece, having a range of three octaves and a penetrating, poignant sound.

2. A reed stop in an organ that produces a sound similar to that of the oboe.

[Italian, from French hautbois; see hautboy.]

o′bo·ist n.

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oboe

(ˈəʊbəʊ)

1. (Instruments) a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C

2. (Classical Music) a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra: second oboe.

Archaic form: hautboy

[C18: via Italian oboe, phonetic approximation to French haut bois, literally: high wood (referring to its pitch)]

ˈoboist n

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o•boe

(ˈoʊ boʊ)

n.

a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.

[1690–1700; < Italian < French hautbois=haut high + bois wood; compare hautboy]

o′bo•ist, n.

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Noun

oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

hautbois, hautboy

double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together

basset oboe, heckelphone - an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe

musette pipe - a small simple oboe

oboe da caccia - an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn

oboe d'amore - an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music

shawm - a medieval oboe

Translations

أُوبُوّمِزْمار

hoboj

obo

oboe

oboa

óbó

oboe oboista

オーボエ

오보에

obojininkasobojus

oboja

hoboj

oboa

oboe

เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเป่าชนิดหนึ่ง

obua

kèn ôboakèn oboe

双簧管

oboe

[ˈəʊbəʊ] N → oboe m

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oboe

[ˈəʊbəʊ] n → hautbois m
I play the oboe → Je joue du hautbois.

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oboe

n → Oboe f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

oboe

[ˈəʊbəʊ] n → oboe m

oboe

(ˈəubəu) noun

a type of high-pitched woodwind musical instrument.

ˈoboist noun

oboe

→ أُوبُوّ hoboj obo Oboe όμποε oboe oboe hautbois oboa oboe オーボエ 오보에 hobo obo obój oboé гобой oboe เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเป่าชนิดหนึ่ง obua kèn oboe 双簧管

References in classic literature ?

In English it becomes hautboy, a wooden musical instrument of two-foot tone, I believe, played with a double reed, an oboe, in fact.

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The alto aria, accompanied by two oboes d'amore, lacks lower basso continuo and organ accompaniment.

A performer's guide to the sacred solo cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach

The band specialises in historical performance and was formed in 2005 to revive this once hugely popular ensemble of oboes and bassoons and to explore its rich and varied repertoire.

Uni music: Baroque tines coning to the university next week

The combination of two orchestras and a suite from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks set me wondering if this might be an attempt to replicate the music's extravagant premiere - a hundred players including two dozen oboes.

Reviews: Heavy sounds as orchestras unleash their biggest guns; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Symphony Hall ****

Similarly, Jan Dismas Zelenka's six virtuosic trios and quartets with oboes (or violin and oboe), basso continuo, and obbligato bassoon (ZWV 181) are likewise relegated to a mere passing footnote reference (p.

The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760. (Book Reviews: Instruments)

The program includes Sonata Prima for bassoon and organ by Giovanni Bertoli; "Elevation" and "Offertorio" for organ by Domenico Zipoli; Concerto in D Major for trumpet and organ by Tommaso Albinoni; "Sketches from China" for bassoon and oboe, written in 2000 by Michael Curtis; "Prayer for a Dead Soldier" for trumpet and organ by Dalibor Vackar; Suite for Oboe and Organ, written in 1999 by UO Professor Emeritus Hal Owen; and Albinoni's Concerto in C Major for trumpet, bassoon, bass, organ and three oboes.

Horn professor will attempt to make wind instruments sing

Similar woods are used for drums, clarinets, oboes and wooden flutes and piccolos.

A Sound idea

In addition to the sonata, the CD contains the Overture in B flat major (with two oboes and a bassoon) and four solo concerti for various instruments--oboe, cello, violin and flute (originaly tor oboe).

Antonin Reichenauer Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague Concertos II

Another G major work (majority are in F or G major), Seibel 214, was written in Venice in 1715 and includes a pair of oboes. This concerto also survives in a Darmstadt score in the hand of the composer's friend Christoph Graupner.

Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos

The technique of muting, today most often associated with brass and stringed instruments, was also applied in the 18th and early 19th centuries to woodwind instruments, especially oboes and clarinets.(1) The muted oboe was used for both technical and expressive reasons in a wide variety of musical styles.

'To soften the sound of the hoboy:' the muted oboe in the 18th and early 19th centuries

Vilem Veverka Vivaldi--Bach--Telemann Oboe Concertos Vilem Veverka--oboe, Dominik Wollenweber--oboe (Vivaldi, RV 535), Barbara Maria Willi--harpsichord, Ensemble 18+.