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Definition of Double-reed instrument
1. Noun. A woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together.
Specialized synonyms: Bassoon, Cor Anglais, English Horn, Cromorne, Crumhorn, Krummhorn, Hautbois, Hautboy, Oboe
Generic synonyms: Beating-reed Instrument, Reed, Reed Instrument
Terms within: Double Reed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-reed Instrument
Literary usage of Double-reed instrument
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Creative Music for Children: A Plan of Training Based on the Natural by Satis Narrona Coleman (1922)
"A paper drinking straw from the soda fountain made an excellent hautboy, a double
reed instrument, the ancestor of our modern oboe. ..."
2. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"J the name of an organ-stop ; a double reed-instrument of much antiquity. It was
a prominent instrument in the earliest orchestras. ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"Praetorius (1610) also shows the larger flutes with one key only, but the great
double-quint pommer (a bass double-reed instrument) is shown with four keys, ..."
4. Sound and Music by John Augustine Zahm (1892)
"The same may be said of the organ of the voice; it is nothing more than a
double-reed instrument. The trachea, or windpipe, corresponds to the glass tube in ..."
5. A Complete History of Music, for Schools, Clubs, and Private Readings by Winton James Baltzell (1905)
"Reed instruments are further divided into single and double reed instruments.
The double reed instrument is of great antiquity and widely known. ..."
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