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The oboe da caccia (pronounced [ˈɔːboe da (k)ˈkattʃa]; literally "hunting oboe" in Italian), also sometimes referred to as an oboe da silva, is a double reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music. It has a curved tube, and in the case of ...
Giuseppe Sammartini was born in Milan, Italy. Giuseppe took oboe lessons from his French father Alexis Saint-Martin. [2] Although born in Milan, Giuseppe found his success in other parts of Europe. His first trip was to Brussels, and from there he made his way to London where he would go on to spend the rest of his life.
The oboe is especially used in classical music, film music, some genres of folk music, and is occasionally heard in jazz, rock, pop, and popular music. The oboe is widely recognized as the instrument that tunes the orchestra with its distinctive 'A'. [3] A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist.
An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette. The following is a list of notable past and present professional oboists, with indications when they were/are known better for other professions in ...
Robert Woodcock (bap. 9 October 1690 – 10 April 1728) was an English marine painter, musician, and composer who lived during the Baroque period. He is notable for having published the earliest known flute and English oboe concertos. [1] [2] A Battle Between English and Dutch Ships by Robert Woodcock.(National Maritime Museum.)
Music for Oboe, 1650–1800: a Bibliography (Berkeley, 1985, 2/1992) Lully and the Rise of the Oboe as seen in Works of Art, EMc, xvi (1988), 324–38; Pitch Standards in the Baroque and Classical Periods (diss., U. of Montreal, 1995) A History of Performing Pitch: The Story of A (Scarecrow Press, 2002) ISBN 0-8108-4185-1
The oboe d'amore was invented in the eighteenth century and was first used by Christoph Graupner in his cantata Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güt (1717). 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.
Concert for oboe and strings. oboe solo, Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello and basso continuo. A total of 9 concertos for harpsichord and string quartet (Violins I/II, Viola and Cello) (1 in C Major, 1 in c minor, 1 in D Major, 1 in E flat major, 2 in F major, 2 in G Major, 1 in A Major).