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Thread #110424 Message #2316353
Posted By: treewind
15-Apr-08 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: England's National Musical-Instrument?
Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
I wondered when somebody would come up with cor anglais. The original name was cor anglé; this got corrupted to cor anglais and then innocently/ignorantly translated to English horn.
If you look at the mouthpiece end you'll soon see why it was anglé compared with its close relative the oboe which isn't.