10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORS ANGLAIS»
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1
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise: A Translation and Commentary
The Rgm text here had, in addition: 'Most cors anglais are made of leather, some
are made ofwood. The tone of the former seems better to me, its character is
more definite.' The following week he wrote: 'Before going any further I must
hasten ...
Berlioz, Hugh Macdonald,
2002
The superb first act "Mi sembra un sogno" contrasts a trio for female voices with
muted violins, cors anglais and horns is a highlight.[7] The work is scored for an
orchestra consisting of 2 oboes (doubling cors anglais), 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets,
...
3
The Music of Harrison Birtwistle
1970 36 Meridian for mezzo-soprano, horn, cello, two three-part choirs of
sopranos, three oboes (doubling cors anglais), three clarinets (doubling bass
clarinets), two harps, piano and percussion (two players). 1971 37 Prologue for
tenor, ...
The orchestra in the score published in 1764 comprises two flutes, two
chalumeaux, two oboes, two cors anglais, two bassoons, two cornetti, two horns,
two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, harp, strings and harpsichord. In the
1774 score ...
5
The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
Italy and Salzburg It is curiously at odds with normal practice that Mozart's first
pieces of Harmoniemusik should require bands of no fewer than ten
instrumentalists, to play three pairs of treble instruments, oboes, cors anglais and
clarinets, ...
Cliff Eisen, Simon P. Keefe,
2006
6
Heinemann English Dictionary
2 a pale reddish-yellow colour. cor anglais (kor ong-glay) noun (plural cors
anglais) (kor ong-glay) also called English horn. Music a long thin double-reed
wind instrument with a lower pitch than an oboe. [French air horn + anglais
English] ...
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r.A;N-/ noun [C] (plural cors anglais) (us English horn) a musical instrument like
an oboe but with a lower sound c See picture Music on page P24 cord /kO;d/ /kO
...
8
Raymond Leppard on Music: An Anthology of Critical and ...
... as do we, the Italian text that was prepared for Milan in 1884. Berlioz wanted to
return as far as possible to the more varied instrumentation of the Vienna score.
Paris had no cors anglais, no cornetti, no chalumeaux and Gluck had to make do
...
Raymond Leppard, Thomas P. Lewis,
1993
9
Anatomy of the Orchestra
Such cases, though admittedly the exception, are by no means unknown: Busoni
used a section of one oboe combined with two cors anglais in the Sarabande
from Doktor Faust] two Eb clarinets are to be found in Mahler's Second
Symphony, ...
10
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
[Gr korallion] coral island or reef n an island or reef formed by the accumulation of
coral deposits on the sea bed. cor anglais n cors anglais a woodwind musical
instrument similar to. but lower in pitch than, the oboe. [Fr, English horn] corbel n
...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton,
1992
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORS ANGLAIS»
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"Harmony is my big thing, and although the instrumentation is all strings, piano, the cors anglais, French horn… very much 1920s Elgar… the ... «The Independent, Dec 12»
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati
... wit that marks the later master, despite the distinctively plaintive timbres lent by the unusual scoring for cors anglais rather than oboes. «Musical Criticism, Feb 12»