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Definition of english horns in English English dictionary: plural form of English horn
English horn: a woodwind instrument similar to an oboe, but larger and pitched a fifth lower
English horn: A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to but larger than the oboe and pitched lower by a fifth. a long wooden musical instrument which is like an oboe but with a lower sound British Equivalent: cor anglais. Orchestral woodwind instrument, a large oboe pitched a 5th below the ordinary oboe. It has a bent metal crook, to hold the double reed, and a bulbous bell. It is a transposing instrument (its music written in a different tone than it actually sounds) in F. It is neither English nor a horn; in its original name, cor anglais, cor ("horn") referred to its original hornlike curved shape, but the source of anglais ("English") is a mystery. It has remained a basically orchestral instrument since its first appearance 1750
English horn: wooden wind instrument in the oboe family
english horn: a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

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Eng·lish horns

înglîş hôrnz

/ˈəɴɢləsʜ ˈhôrnz/ /ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈhɔːrnz/

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