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oboe
oboe Woodwind musical instrument. It has a slightly flared bell and, like the
bassoon, is a double-reed instrument. The earliest true oboes were used in the mid-17th century and have been widely used since the 18th century.
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Oboe d'amore Concertos: in G, TWV 51:G3; in A, TWV 51:A2; Oboe d'amore Concertos: in A, BWV 1055; in D, BWV 1053
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; TELEMANN Oboe d'amore Concertos: in G, TWV 51:G3; in A, TWV 51:A2. BACH Oboe d'amore Concertos: in A, BWV 1055; in D...competitive playing field in his favor by his choice of oboe d'amore over oboe in these popular concertos...
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Oboe maker carries on sweet sounds. (Competitive Edge).(Paul Laubin)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Westchester County Business Journal; 4/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...oboes. The blackwood oboes cost $5,750...made his first oboe in 1931. He had...started trying his oboes and ordering them...So he got into the oboe business." When...company also repairs oboes. Meredith still takes oboe orders, but orders...
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MP3tunes oboe stores music online.(ONLINE MUSIC SERVICES)
Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter; 12/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...online storage locker with the launch of Oboe, a music locker that stores an entire...from MP3tunes. Folks who sign up for an Oboe account can stream their music from any...Unlike the original Music Locker, however, Oboe is $39.95 a year, but an account comes...
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Oboe Concertos: in F, from BWV 169/49; in g, from BWV 1041 (1058); in g, from BWV 1056; in d, fragment from BWV 35. Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, from BWV 1055. Oboe and Violin Concerto in c, from BWV 1060
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 7/1/2008; ; 670 words
; BACH Oboe Concertos: in F, from BWV 169/49; in g, from BWV 1041 (1058); in g, from BWV 1056; in d, fragment from BWV 35. Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, from BWV 1055. Oboe and Violin Concerto in c, from BWV 1060 * Burkhard Glaetzner...
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The oboe takes a pop music `Twist' on single
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/16/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...electronic hybrid? It comes, in fact, from an oboe, a standard member of classical music...other classical instruments, however, the oboe hasn't made the leap into popular music...into the instrument's mouthpiece. The oboe itself is round and narrow, about 25 inches...
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Review: Oboe Locker Protects Music Files
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...ANGELES In this undated handout image from Oboe, a screen shot of an MP3 website is shown...has a meltdown. Then what? Enter the Oboe Locker, a Web-based service launched...catastrophic loss of music files. (AP Photo/Oboe) Having your entire music collection at...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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OH BOY, OBOES APLENTY FOR ASO'S OPENING SHOW BY AMY BIANCOLLI STAFF WRITER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/18/1998; 700+ words
; Who knows oboes? David Alan Miller knows oboes -- he managed to squeeze...Bank Music Hall. The oboe, that venerable uncle...meet the whole family of oboes, the most plaintive and...said Miller, an admitted oboe-phile. ``It's got...
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The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760. (Book Reviews: Instruments).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...considerations, and Johann Sebastian Bach's oboe music (and oboe players). Reading continuously through...however, is the role of variously pitched oboes in determining the original keys and fingerings in the oboe literature--particularly in the music...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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The lonely oboe
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 4/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the English horn, Schiltz also plays the oboe. Now here's a sentence seldom uttered: I wish I could play the oboe. It has always been that way, it seems...instruments. Nobody wanted to play the oboe. Not even Grover Schiltz. There are advantages...
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PLAYERS SAy HAUNTING OBOE REWARDS WITH CLARITY AND SOUL.(Arts-Events)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...MARY CLYNE Special to the Times Union The oboe world is all atwitter. Maybe you somehow...openings for a principal oboist. But when oboe insiders suggest that conservatories are...technique, but possibly to the neglect of the oboe's soulful tone quality. They all sound...
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oboe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Its tone is less brilliant than that of the oboe. The oboe da caccia is an early version of the English horn, pitched a fifth lower than the oboe and therefore a transposing instrument. Oboes of this size were known by 1665, and Purcell...
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oboe family
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
oboe family. The ob. is a woodwind instr. blown...military bands. It is the note A sounded on the oboe to which the rest of the orchestra tune their...hautbois and hautboy . There also exist: (1) oboe d'amore (ob. of love): pitched a minor...
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alto oboe
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
alto oboe. The Eng. hn. ( cor anglais ), pitched in F, a 5th below the oboe .
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bass oboe
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
bass oboe. Term used to denote baritone oboe.
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OBOE
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
OBOE, see electronic navigation systems .
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