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Taille (instrument)

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This article is about the instrument. For the voice part, see baritenore.

The taille, also called the taille d'hautbois, was a Baroque tenor oboe pitched in F. It had a straight body, an open bell, and two keys.[1]

The instrument was first used in Alcidiane by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1658.[1] It was employed in several Bach cantatas.[2]

Today, the taille is rare outside period ensembles, and a cor anglais is commonly substituted in performance.

The term was also later applied to any instrument that played the tenor part in an orchestra.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Janet Page; et al. "Oboe". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Dahlqvist, Reine (May 1973). "Taille, Oboe da Caccia and Corno Inglese". Galpin Society Journal. 26: 58–71. doi:10.2307/841114.
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