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Below is a selection of different pieces of music which are prominent in the oboe repertoire. Included with each section is a Spotify playlist. (please note this will only work if you have Spotify loaded on your computer). Oboe Concertos (music for solo oboe and orchestra): Tomaso Albinoni – Oboe Concerto (there are many but one of the most popular is Op 9 No. 2) JS Bach – Concerto for Oboe and Violin Alessandro Marcello – Oboe Concerto Bohuslav Martinu – Oboe Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Oboe Concerto Richard Strauss – Oboe Concerto Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto Solo Oboe (and Piano) repertoire:…

Today, the oboe is recognised as a member of the woodwind family in the modern symphony orchestra. Its roots, however, go very far back into the past where it can be traced to shawms of the 13th century. A number of scholars have traced the oboe to several points of origin rather than one founding maker or invented. The instrument as we know it today began to take shape in the 16th century. One person credited with the development of the oboe was Jean Hotteterre who narrowed the bore of the instrument and reduced the width of the reed. The…