Oboe d’amore, A
Alternate name(s)
- Alto oboe, A
- Hautbois d'amour
Date1730 ca.
Place MadeRoding, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedOn bell only: · I · W · / · KENIGSPERGER ·MarkingsOn bottom of middle joint and on the bell baluster: R / R
DescriptionA three-keyed oboe d'amore in fruitwood by Johann Wolfgang Kenigsperger, who worked in Roding, which is near Regensburg in Bavaria. Bulb-shaped bell. Pitched a minor third below the regular oboe, this instrument was particularly popular during the late Baroque era in Germany, where it was known as the hautbois d'amour. The instrument had a strong association with Leipzig, and Bach, Telemann, Graupner, and others wrote music scored for it.
DimensionsLength: 612 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Chistie's Auction House, London, England.
Published ReferencesChristie’s auction catalog, November 11, 1986, London, pp. 10-11, photo p. 10, #24.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 37.
Phillip T. Young, 2500 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of the Major
Collections, New York: Pendragon Press, 1982, pp. 68-69
Phillip T. Young, 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections, London: Tony Bingham, 1993, p. 129.
Credit LineArne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1986
Object number04075
On View
Not on view
