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Definition of Oboists
1. oboist [n] - See also: oboist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oboists
Literary usage of Oboists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's & the Reader (1909)
""The oboists receive more," Hed- wig explained. "There are fewer of them, ...
oboists, she quoted the bassoon-player as saying, were born, not made. ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"... and conversed on it with much learning and intelligence. He left a son, also
named FREDERIC, one of the best oboists of the French school. о. с. ..."
3. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"In the plan the oboists stand nearer the audience than the violins, to which they
bear a more powerful relation than that of one oboe to four violins. ..."
4. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"... with him a portion of his instrumental forces, and amongst others two Italian
oboists. Prof. Ritter's statement that on this occasion ' for the first ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1828)
"... in the mesa time,' be ad.. vanced by Britain, “to oboists the difficulties
which an immediate ..."
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