o·boe

(ō′bō)

1. A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece, having a range of three octaves and a penetrating, poignant sound.

2. A reed stop in an organ that produces a sound similar to that of the oboe.

[Italian, from French hautbois; see hautboy.]

o′bo·ist n.

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Noun

oboist - a musician who plays the oboe

instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

Translations

عازِف على المِزْمار

oboist

Oboist

oboás

óbóleikari

oboista

oboist obospiller

hobojista

obua çalan kimse

双簧管吹奏者

oboist

[ˈəʊbəʊɪst] N → oboe mf

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oboist

[ˈəʊbəʊɪst] n → hautboïste mf

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oboist

n → Oboist(in) m(f)

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oboist

[ˈəʊbəʊɪst] n → oboista m/f

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oboe

(ˈəubəu) noun

a type of high-pitched woodwind musical instrument.

ˈoboist noun

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References in periodicals archive

Join oboist Ethan Carter, cellist Faith Carter, soprano Catriona Arthur, pianist Mia Hashimoto, cellist Will Archibald, percussionist Callum Walton, David McDonald on accordion, Eleanor Tofield on french horn and members of the DGYO quartet.

Musical youngsters get chance to shine

Oboist Dan Bates said: "Iain decided to write a piece that captured the joy and energy of sunshine in the city".

Trio to turn up heat at concert

She was an accomplished oboist, pianist and a dedicated piano teacher to countless youth.

Terry Lynn Norman of Joelton, Tennessee

Kraus's principal source of information was her late husband Felix Kraus (1930-2006), oboist in the Cleveland Orchestra for seven years during Szell's tenure.

George Szell's Reign: Behind the Scenes with the Cleveland Orchestra

Anna was 15 when she joined Sage Gateshead's youth orchestra and after only a year on the programme, she became principal oboist, travelling to Sweden and Milan to perform with Young Sinfonia.

Music scheme 'changed my life' says composer

0121 446 3232 MUSIC Commuter Concerts A chance to escape the traffic with an hour or so of glorious music as Frenchborn oboist Olivier Stankiewicz launches a brand new series of Thursday concerts.

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As well as the pieces being performed, Radio Amore also brings together musicians from Italy and Britain, and features performances from Italian oboist Michele Batani alongside British musicians, the Mavron String Quartet and bassist Ashley-John Long.

Italy and Britain in musical mixtape

COMMUTER CONCERTS Thursday, November 1, 6pm, Recital Hall A chance to escape the traffic with an hour or so of glorious music as French-born oboist Olivier Stankiewicz launches a brand new series of Thursday concerts.

New Conservatoire is in celebratory mood again; Here are the highlights of Part Two of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Opening Festival..

Of these, the most often mentioned are those made on modern instruments by Swiss oboist and composer Heinz Holliger in the 1970s and 1990s.

Ensemble Berlin-Prag Jan Dismas Zelenka Trio Sonatas

Also performing in the performance are oboist Greg Steinke, Latin Grammy winner Yalil Guerra, Andrew Robinson, Joshua Hey and Tomas Svoboda.

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Dickinson, a music therapist, supervisor, oboist, and lecturer in the UK, and Hakvoort, a music therapist, neurologic music therapy fellow, and lecturer who has worked in forensic psychiatry in the Netherlands, offer two treatment manuals on the use of cognitive analytic music therapy and music therapy anger management in the treatment of forensic patients in prisons, penitentiaries, and hospitals.

The Clinician's Guide to Forensic Music Therapy: Treatment Manuals for Group Cognitive Analytic Music Therapy (G-CAMT) and Music Therapy Anger Management (MTAM)