The standard oboe has several siblings of various sizes and playing ranges. The most widely known and used today is the cor anglais (English horn) the tenor (or alto) member of the …

The taille, also called the taille de hautbois or the alto oboe, was a Baroque tenor oboe pitched in F. It had a straight body, an open bell, and two keys. [1]

This tenor oboe, or taille de hautbois, was made by the master woodwind maker Johann Wolfgang Köningsperger, perhaps the most important member of a family of woodwind …

The tenor shawm was pitched in C and had a range of a perfect twelfth, which is roughly one and one-half octaves. The tenor shawm had one key, while the rest of the tone holes were covered …

Tenor oboes are pitched 4 or 5 notes below the treble (or standard) oboe, and were first used in the early 1690s. They were mostly played in royal processions and military marches during the …

Tenor Oboe Robert Wijne (1698-1774), Nijmegen, c. 1750, boxwood, brass Music has always been a crucial element of public celebrations, such as military parades, coronations, royal …

the curved tenor oboe is the only one which fits the name. It is similar in shape to the Hifthorn, and as the form differed from that of the taille, so it got its name. The Musikhistoriska Museet in …

The tenor member of the oboe family of instruments. This instrument was relatively common in the 17th century and early 18th century Baroque orchestras. Composers such as Johann …

Title: Tenor Oboe; Creator: Johann Wolfgang Köningsperger; Date Created: ca. 1730; Physical Dimensions: Height: 32 3/16 in. (81.8 cm) Type: Tenor Oboe; External Link:

Description A three-keyed tenor oboe in fruitwood by Johann Wolfgang Kenigsperger, who worked in Roding, which is near Regensburg in Bavaria. A number of German sacred works …