what is an oboe d`amore. i know that it traslates as obe of love but that doesn`t exactly help

the oboe`damore is the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family. It is between the oboe and english horn, It is a lovely instrument. I am in high school and have ben playing the oboe for one year and i love it. The oboe d`amore was first used by bach, we had many solos for it.

It is just a little longer than an oboe, it basically looks like an oboe. The only thing differnet is that it was a bulb bell like the english horn.

Devon

an oboe d'amore is in the key of A. Unlike the oboe which is in C and the english horn which is in F.

ive never actually seen an oboe d'amore yet though...

the [oboe d'amore] has a absolute beautiful tone,
i heard it being played by a professional oboist
she played a concerto in A for the horn by Bach..
(listen to a recording if you have a chance, beautiful piece).
i was like dazzled by it,
first time i heard it like live, it was like woah!
and the size of it is just a tiny bit longer then a oboe.

anyone seen or heard a [Piccolo Oboe]??
that can be pitched in E-flat or F

and the [Heckelphone] which is like a [bass] or [baritone oboe],
which is pitched a octave lower then the oboe.
bass and baritone are more like a museum piece now
Heckelphone is still rarely used.
(correct me if im wrong!)


JaspiE,
[<3]loves it.

The Bach concerto that you heard was a reconstruction of a keyboard concerto-believed to be an oboe d'amore concerto.

As far as the musette or piccolo oboe, it is seldom used in orchestral literature.

The Bass oboe and Heckelphone, while similar in range sound very different from one another. The tone,reeds and fingerings are different. The bass oboe however is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. Gavin Bryars wrote a concerto for it, it has a prominent role in the Planets by Holst, Dance Rhapsody by Delius. Strauss operas have some exposed bits for heckelphone, but now they are often played on bass clarinet. And last but not least, Paul Hindemith actually wrote a trio for Heckelphone and viola which is a lovely work-although now it is performed on the bass oboe.
The heckelphone was actually invented at the insistence of Richard Wagner who wanted another voice between the english horn and bassoon.