| 单词 | english horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEnglish horn English horn n. [after French cor anglais (see cor anglais n. at cor n.3 a)] the tenor oboe, pitched in the key of F; cf. cor anglais n. at cor n.3 a ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > cor anglais English horn1775 corno inglese1818 cor anglais1870 1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 65 Hearing a grand chorus of vocal and instrumental music, among which I plainly distinguished..the English horn. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 292/2 The English Horn, or Corno Inglese, is a deeper-toned oboe, but of rather larger dimensions, somewhat bent, the lower end very open. 1926 C. Morse Music & Music-makers x. 106 The English horn is not of brass as its name might imply, but is a larger or alto oboe with deeper tones and pitched a fifth lower. 2002 A. J. Morin Classical Music 491/1 The oboe and its brothers, the English horn and oboe d'amore, are well represented in Koechlin's catalog. < as lemmas |
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