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The Oboe originated from the shawm.

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What has the author Geoffrey Burgess written?

Geoffrey Burgess has written: 'The oboe' -- subject(s): History, History and criticism, Oboe, Oboe music


What is a brief history of the Oboe and when was it invented?

The oboe's first ancestors originated in Europe in the 12th century. They were called shawms and they too had a double reed.


What is the instrument Oboe?

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What is the oboe family in?

The Oboe is in the woodwind family.


What are members of the oboe family?

There is the heckelphone, the bass oboe, the cor anglais, the oboe d'amore, the regular oboe, and the piccolo oboe. Maybe there are others.


What is the predecess to the oboe?

there was the shawm (renessance oboe) and the baroque oboe


What is a smaller or larger relative of the oboe?

The English horn, Oboe d' amore ,Piccolo oboe ,Oboe da caccia ,Hecklphone, Contrabass oboe.


What is the frequency of a oboe?

The oboe is in the key of C. When an oboe plays its A, it is 440Hz.


Were Handel's oboe concertos originally written for oboe?

If they are his oboe concertos, then yes, but some of them may be transcribed for oboe.


How did the oboe changed over Time?

The history of the oboe's double-reeded ancestors stretches back to antiquity, but the oboe itself was probably developed in France in the 1600s, when it would have been called the "hautbois". "Oboe" is actually just the English version of this name. The oboe's direct ancestor, the shawm, may have been invented in the 1200s.


Does the oboe have siblings?

It does. They are; the Piccolo Oboe (Oboe Musette) the Oboe (including various versions of today's Oboe, including different Baroque, Classical, and Romantic models) the Oboe d'amore the Oboe da Caccia also known as 'taille de hautbois' the English Horn (Cor Anglais or Cor Angle) the Bass (or baritone) Oboe the Contra-Bass Oboe the Heckelphone


How do you say oboe in German?

Oboe :)