English horn


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English horn,

musical instrument, the alto of the oboeoboe
[Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboy
, woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. The instruments possessing these general characteristics may be referred to as the oboe family, which includes the English horn, the bassoon,
..... Click the link for more information.  family, pitched a fifth lower than the oboe and treated as a transposing instrumenttransposing instrument,
a musical instrument whose part in a score is written at a different pitch than that actually sounded. Such an instrument is usually referred to by the keynote of its natural scale—the clarinet in A, for example—in which case A is sounded when
..... Click the link for more information. . It has a pear-shaped bell, giving it a soft, melancholy tone. The first important parts for it were written by Rossini in William Tell (1829) and by Meyerbeer in Robert le diable (1831). Other composers, notably Wagner, have used it in opera and orchestral music. The 18th-century form of the instrument was curved, whence, possibly, its misleading designation as a horn. In Britain and Europe it is often termed cor anglais.
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Angela Wright, flute, from Berlin; Caroline Graham, oboe and English horn, and Gayle Joseph, percussion, both from Bolton; and Kyle McQuoid, trumpet, from Clinton.
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Berio scored this thirty-minute work for viola solo and two instrumental groups: group A--flute/piccolo, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, I percussionist, 3 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, and double basses; and group B--2 flutes/piccolos, oboe, E[flat] clarinet, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass tuba, 2 percussionists, keyboard/celesta, 9 violins, 2 violas, 3 cellos, and double bass.
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