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the tenor oboe, pitched in the key of F; cf. cor anglais n. at cor, n.3 a
The Italian word for horn, n., applied esp. to the French horn. corno inglese = cor anglais n. at cor, n.3 a or English horn; corno di bassetto…
lit. ‘English horn’: the tenor oboe; also, the name of a stop of similar tone in an organ or harmonium.