Hobo d’amore
In the early 18th century, the Netherlands and Germany were the most important centres of the oboe industry. The oboe d’amore (oboe of love) is a mezzo-soprano oboe with a bulb bell at the foot that was probably invented in Leipzig, Germany. The famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach lived there between 1723 and 1750. If this instrument is known to us today, it is thanks to the beautiful solos for the oboe d’amore in Bach’s cantatas.