The Eloquent Oboe
Subtitle: A History of the Hautboy from 1640-1760 (Oxford Early Music)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 22, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780195337259
Subjects: Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles; Woodwind instruments; History & Criticism - General; Musical Instruments - Woodwinds; Music / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard; Music / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds; Music : History & Criticism - General; Music; Music/Songbooks
First sentence: The hautboy was a response by shawm players to new demands in the music of the middle of the seventeenth century.