This is the first in-depth survey of the oboe during its Golden Age, tracing the history of the instrument from its invention through its many mutations as it adapted to the changing demands of composers. The author describes in detail the instruments, players, makers, and composers, as well as how and where it was played, and who listened to it.
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`Haynes' choice of title is splendid; and he succeeds admirably at reinforcing the concept of the oboe's eloquence.' Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society
`Bruce Haynes has already produced two invaluable reference works: his oboe bibliography and his thesis on pitch. This makes a third. Players will obviously need to read it, but it has much to offer all involved in baroque music' Early Music Review
`The quantity of information on instruments, makers, players, social context and music given here is phenomenal, and it is all coherently set out - it is easy to find ones way around without consulting index or contents list.' Early Music Review, no.76
`Well organised and ... easy to use for reference without recourse to the index ... original' Early Music Review, no 76
`Bruce Haynes has already produced two invaluable reference works: his oboe bibliography and his thesis on pitch. This makes a third. Players will obviously need to read it, but it has much to offer all involved in baroque music' Early Music Review
`The quantity of information on instruments, makers, players, social context and music given here is phenomenal, and it is all coherently set out - it is easy to find ones way around without consulting index or contents list.' Early Music Review, no.76
`Well organised and ... easy to use for reference without recourse to the index ... original' Early Music Review, no 76
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Bruce Haynes has been an oboist since 1955, and has devoted himself to the hautboy since the late 60s, primarily as a performer but also as a maker and researcher. He has played and lectured extensively and appears as soloist on many recordings. He is Professeur associe at the Universite de Montreal.
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This review is from: The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640-1760 (Oxford Early Music) (Paperback)
Prof Bruce Haynes is a renowned authority on the baroque oboe (or "hautboy"), the two-keyed ancestor of the modern instrument. He has also made some wonderful recordings of the works of Bach and other 18th-c. composers, played on historical oboes. My baroque-oboe teacher recommended this (along with other books by Haynes) as required reading for beginning oboists, and in particular those, like this reviewer, who are learning to play the two-keyed "hautboy". The Eloquent Oboe is full of background information on the instruments, their use by 17th & 18th century composers, and even the musicians who played them. There are also detailed discussions of playing technique, including dozens of helpful tips for beginning players. AND it is well-written, even fun to read, without skimping on the details oboe wonks crave. I give this book 5 stars.
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The hautboy was a response by shawm players to new demands in the music of the middle of the seventeenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chalumeau simple, hautboy parts, protomorphic hautboy, lombardic tonguing, hautboy players, hautboy band, surviving hautboys, hautboy music, new hautboy, recorder pitches, hautboy makers, principal hautboist, unequal tonguing, first hautboy, pointed tonguing, paired tonguing, workshop stamp, two hautboys, treble shawm, keyed oboe, treble hautboy, hautboy playing, long fingerings, woodwind makers, surviving instruments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Christoph Denner, Jacob Denner, Antonio Besozzi, Concert Spirituel, Alessandro Besozzi, Friedrich August, Philidor Manuscript, Dutch Republic, Sebastian Bach, Colin Hotteterre, Pierre Philidor, Emanuel Bach, Collegium Musicum, David Denner, Jacob Loeillet, John Loeillet, Max Emanuel, San Marco, Second Book, Alfredo Bernardini, Friedrich Wilhelm, Ignazio Rion, Louis Quatorze, Thomas Lot, British Library New!
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The hautboy was a response by shawm players to new demands in the music of the middle of the seventeenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chalumeau simple, hautboy parts, protomorphic hautboy, lombardic tonguing, hautboy players, hautboy band, surviving hautboys, hautboy music, new hautboy, recorder pitches, hautboy makers, principal hautboist, unequal tonguing, first hautboy, pointed tonguing, paired tonguing, workshop stamp, two hautboys, treble shawm, keyed oboe, treble hautboy, hautboy playing, long fingerings, woodwind makers, surviving instruments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Christoph Denner, Jacob Denner, Antonio Besozzi, Concert Spirituel, Alessandro Besozzi, Friedrich August, Philidor Manuscript, Dutch Republic, Sebastian Bach, Colin Hotteterre, Pierre Philidor, Emanuel Bach, Collegium Musicum, David Denner, Jacob Loeillet, John Loeillet, Max Emanuel, San Marco, Second Book, Alfredo Bernardini, Friedrich Wilhelm, Ignazio Rion, Louis Quatorze, Thomas Lot, British Library New!
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- Henry Purcell (Oxford Studies of Composers) by Peter Holman in Back Matter
- Chamber Music. by Homer. Ulrich in Back Matter
- Oboe Technique by Evelyn Rothwell on page 232
- Johann Sebastian Bach by Percy Young in Back Matter
- New Grove Dictionary by Sadie in Front Matter
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