Oboe D'Amore

OBOE D'AMORE (Fr. Hautbois d'amour). An instrument of exactly the same compass and construction as the ordinary oboe, except that it stands a minor third lower than that, being in the key of A. It has also a hollow globular bell instead of a conical one, which renders the tone more veiled and pathetic. In this respect it is intermediate between the first and the Corno Inglese. It is chiefly in the scores of Bach that this instrument is...