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A cor anglais is a large oboe. It is a sort of alto oboe that has a very melancholy sound. Everybody knows what it sounds like, though many do no know its appearance. The name means 'English Horn', but it is not English nor is it a horn. It has a curious bulb shape on the end

 

 

 

 

 

Some think it is like a French Horn, but that is a brass instrument, completely different.

Cor anglais
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