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cor anglais

noun as in English horn

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Bell's work leaned on his background in classical music, and he introduced instruments like the celesta, sitar, oboe, bassoon, cor anglais and bells into his rococo arrangements.

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Nicholas White conducts a performance of solo song settings by various composers and includes his own cantata, “The Raven,” a work in eight movements for vocal quartet, with string quartet, horn, cor anglais and piano.

When he revised the piece, Moeran gave the melody to a cor anglais, but his first idea of introducing a voice was surely the better one.

Burgess was later joined by Janey Miller's cor anglais for Aquatic, another work whose ineffable contours quietly rearrange your ears.

The cor anglais sings the lamentation:— There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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