The Oboe - Geoffrey Vernon Burgess, Geoffrey Burgess (oboist.), MR Geoffrey Burgess, Obo, Bruce Haynes - Google Books

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The oboe, including its earlier forms the shawm and the hautboy, is an instrument with a long and rich history. In this book two distinguished oboist-musicologists trace that history from its beginnings to the present time, discussing how and why the oboe…