Noun:

ஒபோ,

oboe's Usage Examples:

He does not seem to have found any English trumpeters capable of playing as high parts as those of the German Clarin-Bldser, and his plan seems generally to get as many oboes and bassoons as could be procured to double the top and bottom of his string-band.

Mozart, for one, was extremely skilled at using the oboe to its full advantage in an ensemble.

squeaks a bit on his oboe, nothing much.

She'd been trying to learn the horn using an oboe embouchure.

Magnificent examples are Mozart's trio for pianoforte, clarinet and viola, his quintet for pianoforte, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (imitated by Beethoven), his quintet for clarinet and strings, Brahms's clarinet-quintet for the same combination, and his trio for pianoforte, violin and horn.

Until then she had taught the oboe, clarinet and piano for twelve years in five schools in Hertfordshire.

"The modern Wagnerian conductor is apt to complain that Beethoven, in his four-bar phrase, drowns a melody which lies in the weakest register of the clarinet by a crowd of superfluous notes in oboes, horns and flutes.

All instrumentalists are welcome, although new violas, oboes and brass are particularly welcome.

5 3 oboes and cor anglais, or 4th oboe.

At the end, the oboe motive returns, to be dismissed by a final harp glissando.

He has recently completed an oboe concerto commissioned by the John Lewis Partnership for Nick Daniel for 10 performances in October 1998.

In the violin concerto, the second movement opens with a beautiful melody played by the oboe.

Synonyms:

double reed, musette pipe, hautbois, shawm, double-reed instrument, oboe d"amore, oboe da caccia, heckelphone, basset oboe, hautboy,

Antonyms:

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