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English horn

noun

  1. a large oboe, a fifth lower in pitch than the ordinary oboe, having a pear-shaped bell and producing a mellow tone.


English horn

noun

  1. music another name for cor anglais
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Origin of English horn1

First recorded in 1830–40
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The English horn issued a plaintive, simple melody, as if trying to evoke older memories of a nearly forgotten time.

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Ryan Roberts, on English horn, played with his usual flawless poetry in small yet meaningful solos, especially near the end.

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At some recitals he would switch among English horn, oboe d’amore and traditional oboe.

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“Nobody else is in my brain but me, which is why some of the things I think about are crazy - I hear oboes and bassoons and English horns,†he told recordcollectormag.com in 2020.

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Kathryn Meany Wilson gave a beautiful solo on English horn — tracing the path of a plane through darkness.

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