Compositions with Descriptive Titles
Night Windows
Who is Thea Musgrave?
The English horn was invented by the English
False
Leon Goossens
England
This note ends the Mozart Quartet for Oboe and Strings.
What is 'F'?
K. 314
Mozart Oboe Concerto
Ganymed
Who is Dirk Michael Kirsch?
Mahler’s First Symphony requires the English horn to play a low B-flat in a prominent solo in the slow movement.
True
Diana Doherty
Australia
This note, repeated 4 times, appears at the end of the Minuet of Tombeau de Couperin?
High G
K. 370
Mozart Oboe Quartet
Firecracker
Who is Michael Daugherty?
Hautbois literally means dark wood
What is False
Heinz Holliger
Switzerland
LH: side O.K, 1/2hole, 3
RH: 2, D trill key
(With Teeth on the reed)
Super high C
K. 361
Mozart Gran Partita
Summer Song
Who is Miguel del Aguila
The Bass oboe is pitched in the key of F
What is False?
Eugene Izotov
USSR
This is the final note of 'Spirit of the Wild'.
High A
K. 388
Mozart C minor Serenade
Island Prelude
Joan Tower
The sarousaphone is a family of double reed instruments resembling the saxophone.
What is true?
Pauline Ostenrijk
Netherlands
LH: +1, 2, 3, G#
RH: 2, Fkey.
Trill with 2 (F#key)
What is Hi D-E trill?
K. 452
Mozart quintet for piano and winds