Taille (instrument)

The taille, also called the taille d'hautbois, was a Baroque tenor oboe pitched in F. It had a straight body, an open bell, and two keys.[1]

The instrument was first used in Alcidiane by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1658.[1] It was employed in several Bach cantatas.[2]

Today, the taille is rare outside period ensembles, and a cor anglais is commonly substituted in performance.

The term was also later applied to any instrument that played the tenor part in an orchestra.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Janet Page et al. "Oboe". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press.
  2. ↑ Dahlqvist, Reine (May 1973). "Taille, Oboe da Caccia and Corno Inglese". Galpin Society Journal 26: 58–71. doi:10.2307/841114.