hautboy

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A poor vagabond tinker was hired to play at night on his hautboy, and prevent their sleeping; but Roberts spoke to him in such a manner that the instrument fell from his hand; and he told the jailer that he would play no more, though he should hang him up at the door for it.

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  1. noun An oboe.

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  • There chanced to be some of the musicians there at the moment—young Danner, Lang, who plays the French horn, and the hautboy-player, whose name I forget, but who plays remarkably well, and has a pleasing delicate tone [Ramm]. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • I made him a present of a concerto for the hautboy; it is being copied in Cannabich's room. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • When you read this, dear papa, please God, all will be settled If I do stay here, I am going to Paris during Lent with Herr Wendling, Herr Ramm, the hautboy-player, who plays admirably, and Ballet-master Cauchery. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • Ramm (hautboy-player) is a good, jolly, worthy man, about thirty-five, who has travelled a great deal, so has much experience. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • I must make haste, for I am writing a scena for Tenducci, which is to be given on Sunday; it is for pianoforte, hautboy, horn, and bassoon, the performers being the Marechal's own people—Germans, who play very well. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
 

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  1. French hautbois, from Old French : haut, high; see haughty + bois, wood (of Germanic origin).

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  1. A partly restored form, after the F. hautbois, which is also sometimes used in English, of the earlier hoboy, hoeboy, hobois, rarely hawboy (= Italian oboe, a form now used in English), from Old French hautbois, haultbois, French hautbois, a hautboy, literally ‘high wood’ (referring, in the case of the musical instrument, to its high notes), from haut, high, + bois, wood: see haut and bush.
 

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