cor anglais

Noun

Meaning

a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

English horn serpent French horn bassoon oboe hautboy contrabassoon wind instrument woodwind instrument

Hypernyms

double reed double-reed instrument

Examples

A vestige of this survives in Sergei Prokofiev 's use of the clef for the cor anglais, as in his symphonies. Source: Internet

Siegfried requires one onstage cor anglais and one onstage horn. Source: Internet

The most widely known today is the cor anglais, or English horn, the tenor (or alto) member of the family. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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