Oboe quintet recorded oboe quintets are probably those by Arnold Bax and Arthur Bliss, who both dedicated their pieces to the British oboist Léon Goossens. These pieces are for oboe, two violins, viola, and cello unless otherwise indicated. Oboe quintet An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble. Usually an oboe quintet consists of an oboe and string quartet. Pieces for five oboes or five members of the oboe family are uncommon (only two are listed below): double reed quintets are not only rare but almost always include a
Oboe rather than other instruments of the family, such as the "bass oboe", the "cor anglais" (English horn), or oboe "d'amore" In English, prior to 1770, the standard instrument was called a "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy" ( ; borrowed from the French name, a compound word made of "haut" ["high", "loud"] and "bois" ["wood", "woodwind"]). The spelling of "oboe" was adopted into English c. 1770 from the Italian "oboè", a transliteration of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French name. A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist. Today, the oboe is commonly used in concert bands, orchestras, chamber