The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760

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List of Illustrations
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Musical Examples
Mechanics
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Transition from Shawm to Hautboy in France
Chapter 2 The Physical Characteristics of the Hautboy
Chapter 3 1670-1700: The Spread of the 'French Hoboye'
Chapter 4 Playing the Hautboy
Chapter 5 1700-1730: The International Hautboy
Chapter 6 Bach and the Hautboy
Chapter 7 1730-1760: Italian Ascendancy and the Rise of the Narrow-bore Hautboy
Afterword
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

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The Eloquent Oboe is a history of the hautboy, the oboe of the Baroque period. It reflects recent interest in this instrument, which was the first of the woodwinds to join with strings in creating the new orchestra, and had by the end of the 20th century again become a regular presence on the concert scene. Between 1640 and 1760 this type of oboe underwent dramatic changes in both function and physical form, and the majority of its solo and chamber repertoire appeared. Haynes examines in detail the hautboy's structure, its players, makers, and composers, issues of performing style and period techniques, how and where the instrument was played, and who listened to it.

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The Eloquent Oboe is to be commended: it contains more practical information about the early oboe, its music, and its technique than any other single source, and will thus be useful for increasing general knowledge of the instrument and its music and as an encyclopaedic resource

Music and Letters

Haynes's study is a major contribution to the history of double-reed instruments

Music and Letters

I know of no one with a greater knowledge of the world of the early oboe than Bruce Haynes, and certainly no one who writes about it more eloquently

Bruce Haynes presents such a phenomenal amount of information not only about the instrument, but also about political and social context, performance practice, technique, makers, players, and the music itself, that the book will have a far wider appeal. It helps that it is written in a very approachable style and is coherently organised, so that someone hunting for specific information will not find it at all difficult

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