cor anglais
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Bell's work leaned on his background in classical music, and he introduced instruments like the celesta, sitar, oboe, bassoon, cor anglais and bells into his rococo arrangements.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2022
Nicholas White conducts a performance of solo song settings by various composers and includes his own cantata, “The Raven,” a work in eight movements for vocal quartet, with string quartet, horn, cor anglais and piano.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2015
When the boy Miles sang, Christine Pendrill's cor anglais combined beguilingly with Michael Clayton-Jolly's piping treble; Susanna Stranders moved from the piano to celesta, spinning eerie lines whenever Peter Quint made a ghostly appearance.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2013
The timbre resulting from the combination of conical bore and single-reed mouthpiece has in the lowest register affinities with the cor anglais, in the middle with the saxophone, and in the highest with the clarinet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
It is probable that in France, where the hautbois played such an important part in court music, the cor anglais, under the name of haute-contre de hautbois, was also provided with keys.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
