Oboe d'amore

Oboe d'amore

Oboe d'amore
Woodwind instrument
Classification	Woodwind Wind Double reed
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	422.112-71 (Double-reeded aerophone with keys)
Developed	18th century
Related instruments
Oboe Piccolo oboe Cor anglais (English horn) Oboe da caccia Bass oboe Heckelphone Contrabass oboe

Baroque oboe d'amore, Denner copy

The oboe d'amore (oboe of love in Italian), less commonly oboe d'amour, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, between the oboe itself (soprano) and the cor anglais, or English horn (alto). It is a transposing instrument, sounding a minor third lower than it is notated, i.e. in A. The bell is pear-shaped and the instrument uses a bocal, similar to the larger cor anglais, whose bocal is larger.

The oboe d'amore was invented in the 18th century and was first used by Christoph Graupner in Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güt. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many pieces — a concerto, many of his cantatas, and the "Et in Spiritum sanctum" movement of his Mass in B minor — for the instrument. Georg Philipp Telemann also occasionally employed the oboe d'amore.

After waning popularity in the late 18th century, the oboe d'amore fell into disuse for about 100 years until composers such as Richard Strauss (for example in the Symphonia Domestica, where the instrument represents the child), Claude Debussy (for example in "Gigues", where the oboe d'amore has a long solo passage), Maurice Ravel, Frederick Delius, and others began using it once again at the end of the 19th century. It can be heard in Tōru Takemitsu's "Vers, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Palma," but its most famous modern usage is, perhaps, in Ravel's Boléro, where the oboe d'amore follows the E-flat clarinet to recommence the main theme for the second time around. American composer William Perry uses the oboe d'amore in his film scores and most recently in the third movement of his Jamestown Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2007). In his orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Vladimir Ashkenazy uses the oboe d'amore to highlight the plaintive solo of the "Il vecchio castello" movement.

Modern makers of oboes d'amore include Howarth of London (instruments in African Blackwood or Cocobolo wood), F. Lorée in Paris (instruments in African Blackwood or Violet wood) and others such as French makers Rigoutat, Fossati and Marigaux. New instruments cost around £6,500 at 2008 prices, comparable to the cost of a new cor anglais. This cost, coupled with the limited call for the instrument, leads many oboists not to possess their own oboe d'amore, but to rent one when their work dictates the need.

See also

• Oboe
• Cor anglais
• Bassoon

This article relating to woodwind instruments is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Single oboes with conical bore A instruments Reed aerophones Woodwind instrument stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую Northwest Indian College Hog-baiting Look at other dictionaries: Oboe d'amore — Oboe O boe, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Oboe d'Amore — Oboe d Amo|re die; , <aus it. oboe d amore »Liebesoboe«>: 1. eine Terz tiefer stehende Oboe mit zartem, mildem Ton. 2. ein Orgelregister …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch Oboe d'amore — Oboe da caccia ит. [обо/э да ка/чча] Oboe d amore [обо/э дамо/рэ] разновидности старин. гобоев см. также Oboe …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов Oboe d'amore — Moderne Oboe d’amore von F. Lorée, Paris Die Oboe d’amore (hautbois d amour/Liebesoboe) ist das Altinstrument in der Oboenfamilie. Sie ist in a gestimmt, also eine kleine Terz tiefer als die Oboe. Ihre Tonfarbe ist weicher als die der Oboe, aber… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Oboe d’amore — Moderne Oboe d’amore von F. Lorée, Paris Kopie einer historischen Oboe d’amore …   Deutsch Wikipedia Oboe d'amore — El oboe d amore es el miembro alto o mezzosoprano de la familia del oboe. La familia al completo suele llamarse familia de doble lengüeta e incluye hoy en día a los siguientes instrumentos, de menor a mayor: ● musette o cornamusa ● oboe ● oboe de …   Enciclopedia Universal Oboe d'Amore — Oboe d Amo|re 〈[ bo:ə ] f.; , n ; Mus.〉 Altoboe des 18. Jh. in der Tonlage A mit birnenförmigem Schalltrichter [ital., „Liebesoboe“] * * * Oboe d Amo|re [ da mo:rə], die; , [ital. = Liebesoboe], Oboe d Amour [ da mu:ɐ̯], die; , n n [frz. =… …   Universal-Lexikon oboe d'amore — [da mɔ:reɪ] noun a type of oboe with a bulbous bell, sounding a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe and used in baroque music. Origin C19: from Ital., lit. oboe of love …   English new terms dictionary oboe d'amore — noun an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music • Hypernyms: ↑oboe, ↑hautboy, ↑hautbois …   Useful english dictionary Oboe d'Amore — O|boe d A|mo|re 〈[ bo:ə ] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n ; Musik〉 Altoboe des 18. Jh. in der Tonlage A mit birnenförmigem Schalltrichter [Etym.: ital., »Liebesoboe«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”