cor anglais
Meaning
Noun
- A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one third longer than the oboe.
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Origin
- Borrowed from French cor anglais, calqued from a misunderstanding of Middle High German engellisches horn, from the resemblance of the instrument to horns played by angels as depicted in the Middle Ages.
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