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单词 heckelphone
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Definition of heckelphone in English:

heckelphone

noun ˈhɛk(ə)lfəʊnˈhekəlˌfōn
  • A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.

    海克尔双簧管(比双簧管低八度的木管乐器)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other unusual instruments such as guitars, saxophones, bass flutes, heckelphones, Wagner tubas, and so on may be used as well, depending upon the music
    • The demand for heckelphones is not high…
    • For example, the heckelphone part in his Alpine Symphony descends to F, four notes lower than the range of any heckelphone ever built!
    • As an oboist, he has performed orchestral, chamber and contemporary music; he also plays the heckelphone.
    • A bass or baritone oboe, an octave below the treble, has always been rare, though composers do occasionally write for it and the wider-bore but otherwise similar heckelphone.
    • The heckelphone was developed in response to Richard Wagner's request when he visited the Heckel factory, a German bassoon manufacturer, in the late nineteenth century.
    • For a while last year they had a heckelphone on their second-hand list for a little over £20 000.
    • It is thought that there are less than 100 heckelphones in the world.
    • Perhaps also the bass-oboe or heckelphone come into this way of thinking, although some solo and chamber works for these instruments are coming to be known.
    • Casts and orchestras are kept small: no heckelphones or Wagner tubas in his scoring.

Origin

Early 20th century: from German Heckelphon, named after Wilhelm Heckel (1856–1909), German instrument-maker, on the pattern of saxophone.

Definition of heckelphone in US English:

heckelphone

nounˈhekəlˌfōn
  • A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.

    海克尔双簧管(比双簧管低八度的木管乐器)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, the heckelphone part in his Alpine Symphony descends to F, four notes lower than the range of any heckelphone ever built!
    • A bass or baritone oboe, an octave below the treble, has always been rare, though composers do occasionally write for it and the wider-bore but otherwise similar heckelphone.
    • For a while last year they had a heckelphone on their second-hand list for a little over £20 000.
    • As an oboist, he has performed orchestral, chamber and contemporary music; he also plays the heckelphone.
    • It is thought that there are less than 100 heckelphones in the world.
    • Casts and orchestras are kept small: no heckelphones or Wagner tubas in his scoring.
    • The heckelphone was developed in response to Richard Wagner's request when he visited the Heckel factory, a German bassoon manufacturer, in the late nineteenth century.
    • Perhaps also the bass-oboe or heckelphone come into this way of thinking, although some solo and chamber works for these instruments are coming to be known.
    • The demand for heckelphones is not high…
    • Other unusual instruments such as guitars, saxophones, bass flutes, heckelphones, Wagner tubas, and so on may be used as well, depending upon the music

Origin

Early 20th century: from German Heckelphon, named after Wilhelm Heckel (1856–1909), German instrument-maker, on the pattern of saxophone.

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