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Definition of heckelphone in English: heckelphonenoun ˈhɛk(ə)lfəʊnˈhekəlˌfōn A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower. Example sentencesExamples - Other unusual instruments such as guitars, saxophones, bass flutes, heckelphones, Wagner tubas, and so on may be used as well, depending upon the music
- The demand for heckelphones is not high…
- For example, the heckelphone part in his Alpine Symphony descends to F, four notes lower than the range of any heckelphone ever built!
- As an oboist, he has performed orchestral, chamber and contemporary music; he also plays the heckelphone.
- A bass or baritone oboe, an octave below the treble, has always been rare, though composers do occasionally write for it and the wider-bore but otherwise similar heckelphone.
- The heckelphone was developed in response to Richard Wagner's request when he visited the Heckel factory, a German bassoon manufacturer, in the late nineteenth century.
- For a while last year they had a heckelphone on their second-hand list for a little over £20 000.
- It is thought that there are less than 100 heckelphones in the world.
- Perhaps also the bass-oboe or heckelphone come into this way of thinking, although some solo and chamber works for these instruments are coming to be known.
- Casts and orchestras are kept small: no heckelphones or Wagner tubas in his scoring.
Origin Early 20th century: from German Heckelphon, named after Wilhelm Heckel (1856–1909), German instrument-maker, on the pattern of saxophone. Definition of heckelphone in US English: heckelphonenounˈhekəlˌfōn A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower. Example sentencesExamples - For example, the heckelphone part in his Alpine Symphony descends to F, four notes lower than the range of any heckelphone ever built!
- A bass or baritone oboe, an octave below the treble, has always been rare, though composers do occasionally write for it and the wider-bore but otherwise similar heckelphone.
- For a while last year they had a heckelphone on their second-hand list for a little over £20 000.
- As an oboist, he has performed orchestral, chamber and contemporary music; he also plays the heckelphone.
- It is thought that there are less than 100 heckelphones in the world.
- Casts and orchestras are kept small: no heckelphones or Wagner tubas in his scoring.
- The heckelphone was developed in response to Richard Wagner's request when he visited the Heckel factory, a German bassoon manufacturer, in the late nineteenth century.
- Perhaps also the bass-oboe or heckelphone come into this way of thinking, although some solo and chamber works for these instruments are coming to be known.
- The demand for heckelphones is not high…
- Other unusual instruments such as guitars, saxophones, bass flutes, heckelphones, Wagner tubas, and so on may be used as well, depending upon the music
Origin Early 20th century: from German Heckelphon, named after Wilhelm Heckel (1856–1909), German instrument-maker, on the pattern of saxophone. |