cor anglais
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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
When he revised the piece, Moeran gave the melody to a cor anglais, but his first idea of introducing a voice was surely the better one.
From The Guardian
Burgess was later joined by Janey Miller's cor anglais for Aquatic, another work whose ineffable contours quietly rearrange your ears.
From The Guardian
The cor anglais sings the lamentation:— There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
