hautbois

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My band consisted of a man who played on the _zourna_, or hautbois, a performer on the tambourine, and two who sang.

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  1. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

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  • Freiburger Barockorchester - 04 - I. Allegro aperto (Concerto pour hautbois K314). mp3 —  all torrents rss feed
  • Adagio ma non troppo (Concerto pour hautbois K314). mp3 —  all torrents rss feed
  • My band consisted of a man who played on the zourna_, or hautbois, a performer on the tambourine, and two who sang. —  The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
  • The latter were armed with cymbals, with hautbois, and with flutes; and as Caracalla and his army approached, there was music, dancing and song; there were libations too, and as the day was practically the wedding of East and West, there was not a weapon to be seen--gala robes merely, brilliant and long. —  Imperial Purple
  • They danced in the castle courtyard, under our balcony, to the sound of hautbois and bagpipes. —  Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
 

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