A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.
English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto instrument in the oboe family. The modern English horn was developed from the oboe da caccia in the 1720s, probably in Silesia. The earliest known English horn concertos were written in the 1770s, mostly by prominent oboists of the day, such as Giuseppe Ferlendis, Ignaz Malzat (and his non-oboist brother Johann Michael Malzat) and Joseph Lacher.[1] Few of these works have survived. Among the oldest extant English horn concertos are those by Josef Fiala (a period transcription of a piece originally for viola da gamba) and Anton Milling. It is known that Milling's concerti were performed in 1782 by the Italian oboist Giovanni Palestrini.[1]
Many solos in orchestral works were written for the English horn and a decent amount of chamber music appeared for it as well. However, few solo works with a large ensemble were written for the instrument until well into the 20th century. Since then the repertoire has expanded considerably. Of the 270+ concertos listed below, only 35 predate the Second World War.
Solo concertos
Double and triple concertos
Sources
- Caldini, Sandro (2008). "The English Horn Bibliography". International Double Reed Society. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11.
- Clark, David Lindsey (1999). Appraisals of Original Wind Music. Greenwood Publ. pp. 148–152. ISBN 9780313309069.
- McMullen, William Wallace (1994). Soloistic English Horn Literature from 1736-1984. Pendragon Press. ISBN 9780918728784.
References and footnotes
- ^ Years in italics are estimates, which may be off by as much as 10 years.
- ^ This concerto may be lost (see ca:Corn anglès and ca:Carles Baguer (in Catalan)
- ^ Carter's own adaptation of his pastoral for English horn and piano. In 1937 Carter also wrote a Concerto for English horn and orchestra, but did not finish it and the manuscript has been destroyed.
- ^ This is an arrangement of one of Ferlendis' published oboe concertos, mistaken by Saint-Foix as a period arrangement of his lost English horn concerto.[version by Marcia Kraus [1], first version of 1987, final version of 2006)
- ^ This piece was originally a concerto for viola da gamba, which the composer played. There is a period arrangement for basset horn. The English horn version is a 20th-century idea. [citation needed]
- ^ Composition date unknown; composer lived from 1775 to 1850.
- ^ Soloist alternates between piccolo oboe (musette), oboe and English horn
- ^ The orchestral score does not appear to survive, and may never have been produced. MS with piano: US-NYpl.
- ^ Soloist alternates between oboe, oboe d'amore, and English horn
- ^ Soloist alternates between oboe d'amore, and English horn
- ^ Originally part of the score for the movie "Henry IV".[2]
- ^ Using the pseudonym Julius Steffaro
- ^ Orchestration of Sonate in F minor by Carlo Yvon [3]
- ^ 2nd movement of otherwise lost Concerto. Charles David Lehrer, An Introduction to the 16 Oboe Concertos of Gustave Vogt
- ^ Wolf originally orchestrated his serenade for English horn and orchestra, but in the final version (finished by Max Reger in 1903), the solo English horn was replaced by a solo viola.
- ^ At 1:53 minutes hardly a "concerto"
- ^ a b Finkelman, Michael (1999). "Die Oboeinstrumente in tiefer Stimmlage, Teil 5". Tibia. 99: 618–24.
- ^ a b c Dan Stolper, Oboists in the news[permanent dead link], The Double Reed 26 (1), page 20, 2003
- ^ First movement is for EH and orchestra
- ^ a b c d e f Soloist alternates between oboe and English horn
- ^ a b c Last finished composition by the composer
- ^ McMullen, William Wallace (1994). Soloistic English Horn Literature from 1736-1984. Pendragon Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-918728-78-4.
Duelle "for Carol Conway" English horn and string bass, composed May 21, 1974. First performed by Thomas Stacy, Eh., and John Deak, string bass, in New York City in June, 1974.
- ^ Lorraine Duso (1998). "Michael Daugherty's Spaghetti Western". The Double Reed. p. 69. Archived from the original on July 30, 2003.
- ^ a b c Norwegian oboe music Archived 2008-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Mike Silverton Three Concerti for English Horn, Liner notes
- ^ Robert Pusey Oboe and English horn music by Gordon Jacob[permanent dead link], The Double Reed Vol. IV, No. 3, 1981
- ^ Otomar Kvěch - Cassandra and the Trojan Horse Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daniel Stolper, Tom Stacy, Ned Rorem and a New Concerto[permanent dead link], The Double Reed, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1992
- ^ Rapsis, Jeff (2014-06-14). "Very easy on the ears: Nashua Chamber Orchestra premieres English Horn concerto". hippopress.com. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
- ^ Wyckoff, Mark (2011-09-29). "Ojai composer's new concerto features oboe, English horn and bassoon". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
- ^ Joseph Stevenson, review at allmusic.com
See also