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Cor anglais

Jovan Stosic December 30, 2017

The cor anglais (UK: /ˌkɔːr ˈɒŋɡleɪ/, US: /ˌkɔːr ɑːŋˈɡleɪ/[1][2] or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ];[3] plural: cors anglais) or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe.

Cor anglais or English horn
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Woodwind instrument
Classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification 422.112-71
(Double reed aerophone withkeys)
Developed about 1720 from the oboe da caccia
Playing range

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Written pitch, notated in F, sounds a perfect fifth lower

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Sounding pitch
Related instruments

The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than theoboe (a C instrument). This means that music for the cor anglais is written a perfect fifth higher than the instrument actually sounds. The fingering and playing technique used for the cor anglais are essentially the same as those of the oboe and oboists typically double on the cor anglais when required. The cor anglais normally lacks the lowest B♭ key found on most oboes and so its sounding range stretches from E3 (written B♮) belowmiddle C to C6 two octaves above middle C.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_anglais

Alfredo Kraus

Jovan Stosic December 29, 2017

Alfredo Kraus Trujillo (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfɾeðo kɾaus tɾuˈxiʎo]; 24 November 1927 – 10 September 1999) was a distinguished Spanish tenor from the Canary islands(known professionally as Alfredo Kraus), particularly known for the artistry he brought toopera‘s bel canto roles. He was also considered an outstanding interpreter of the title role in Massenet‘s opera Werther, and especially of its famous aria, “Pourquoi me réveiller?”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Kraus

Martha (opera) – Wikipedia

Jovan Stosic December 29, 2017

Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond (Martha, or The Market at Richmond) is a romantic comic opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow set to a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese and based on a story by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.

Flotow had composed the first act of a ballet, Harriette, ou la servante de Greenwiche, derived from a text by Saint-Georges, for the ballerina Adèle Dumilâtre. This was first performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier on 21 February 1844. The time available for the composition was short, so the second and third acts were assigned, respectively, to Friedrich Burgmüller and Édouard Deldevez. The opera Martha was an adaptation of this ballet.[1]

Source: Martha (opera) – Wikipedia