Definition of English horn. Meaning of English horn. Synonyms of English horn

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Definition of English horn

English horn
English Eng"lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.

Meaning of English horn from wikipedia

- ɑːŋˈɡleɪ/ or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ]; plural: cors anglais), or English horn (mainly North America), is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe...
- The Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra is a composition for solo English horn and orchestra by the American composer Ned Rorem. The work was commissioned...
- flutes (one doubling piccolo) 2 oboes (one doubling English horn) 2 clarinets in B♭ & A 2 b****oons 4 horns in E, C and F 2 trumpets in E 3 trombones: alto...
- other instruments of the family, such as the b**** oboe, the cor anglais (English horn), or oboe d'amore. Today, the oboe is commonly used as orchestral or...
- works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra. English horn concertos appeared about a century later...
- The Tenor horn (British English; Alto horn in American English, Althorn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E♭ horn) is a br**** instrument in the...
- deep, full tone somewhat akin to that of its higher-pitched cousin, the English horn. The b**** oboe is notated in the treble clef, sounding one octave lower...
- melodic minor scales are: F major is the home key of the English horn, the b****et horn, the horn in F, the trumpet in F and the b**** Wagner tuba. Thus,...
- horner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Horner is an English and German surname that derives from the traditional occupation horner, meaning horn-worker...
- County Grammar School aged 11, switched to the trumpet, moving to the French horn when he joined the Middle**** Schools Symphony Orchestra. He met Pete Townshend...