Oboe in C

Jacob Denner

before 1735 · boxwood, brass · Musical Instruments

Design modifications such as a longer bore gradually distinguished oboes from shawms in the mid-seventeenth century. These developments first occurred in France, where the instrument was referred to as hautbois (loud wood), from which the term oboe derives. Jacob Denner was an esteemed oboist with the municipal band of Nuremberg and an important maker of oboes.

Artist

Jacob Denner

Date

before 1735

Medium

boxwood, brass

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889