Category:Oboe

O"boe, n. Etym: [it., fr. F. hautbois. See hautboy.] (mus.)

Defn: one of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet Of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, Somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by Means of a double reed; a hautboy. Oboe d'amore etym: [it., lit., Oboe of love], and oboe di caccia etym: [it., lit., oboe of the Chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found In the scores of bach and handel.