English horn
Example Sentences
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Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The English horn issued a plaintive, simple melody, as if trying to evoke older memories of a nearly forgotten time.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
At some recitals he would switch among English horn, oboe d’amore and traditional oboe.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
Kathryn Meany Wilson gave a beautiful solo on English horn — tracing the path of a plane through darkness.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
It is first given out by two oboes divided, a single English horn, two bassoons in unison, and four trombones in unison.
From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
