> > Recently i couldn't answer whether a "Fagott" is a "bassoon" or
> > a "basset horn" and what the other instrument is called in german...
> > And what's an "english horn"? An "Oboe"?
>
> Hmm, yes... it works the same way, but sounds lower.
It is also called "alto oboe"; it has a similar link to the oboe
as an alto clarinet to a clarinet, or an alto sax to a soprano sax.
The name "english horn" is actually an old (and meanwhile accepted)
wrong translation of the french "corps angl'e", which describes the
shape of the instrument: as compared to the "straight" oboe, it has
a bent shape.
B.t.w., I could not find "english horn" in any of the mentioned glossaries!
-- Peter Vanroose
Electrotechnical Department (ESAT/PSI)
K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
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