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definition
A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
Examples of oboe in a Sentence
I started playing the oboe at the age of eleven.
Mozart, for one, was extremely skilled at using the oboe to its full advantage in an ensemble.
Since 1981, he has been first oboe of the Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra.
The advertisements in fact put the solo oboe, clarinet or cornet players in big bold type.
The bassoon has normally a broader resonator than the oboe.
Was past grade 8 on oboe, but getting a bit rusty.
My brother sits outdoors in the night and squeaks a bit on his oboe, nothing much.
In the violin concerto, the second movement opens with a beautiful melody played by the oboe.
He has recently completed an oboe concerto commissioned by the John Lewis Partnership for Nick Daniel for 10 performances in October 1998.
She'd been trying to learn the horn using an oboe embouchure.
At the end, the oboe motive returns, to be dismissed by a final harp glissando.
He studied oboe and pianoforte at the Royal Marines School of Music, where he also became interested in composing music.
Until then she had taught the oboe, clarinet and piano for twelve years in five schools in Hertfordshire.
However, on closer examination, the score suggests that Vanhal probably had the oboe in mind.
He had with him one of his wooden flue pipes, orchestral oboe.
She started her career as principal oboe in the BBC Welsh Orchestra.
Everyone was weeping with laughter except for Bridget Alexander, the second oboe.
She specializes in the baroque oboe, and teaches the instrument at several centers of music.
Magnificent examples are Mozart's trio for pianoforte, clarinet and viola, his quintet for pianoforte, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (imitated by Beethoven), his quintet for clarinet and strings, Brahms's clarinet-quintet for the same combination, and his trio for pianoforte, violin and horn.