# Piccolo oboe > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Piccolo_oboe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Piccolo_oboe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo_oboe > Source revision: 1340617185 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Smallest of the oboe musical instrument family}} {{About|the small oboe|the bagpipe instrument|musette de cour}}{{Infobox instrument | name = Piccolo oboe | background = woodwind | image = MUSETTE.jpg | classification = *[Wind](/source/Wind_instrument) *[Woodwind](/source/Woodwind) *[Double reed](/source/Double_reed) | hornbostel_sachs = 422.112-71 | hornbostel_sachs_desc = Double-reeded [aerophone](/source/aerophone) with [keys](/source/key_(instrument)) | range =
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Piccolo oboe sounds a minor third or perfect fourth higher than written. | related = *[Oboe](/source/Oboe) *[Oboe d'amore](/source/Oboe_d'amore) *[Cor anglais (English horn)](/source/Cor_anglais) *[Oboe da caccia](/source/Oboe_da_caccia) *[Wiener oboe](/source/Wiener_oboe) *[Bombarde](/source/Bombard_(music)) *[Bass oboe](/source/Bass_oboe) *[Heckelphone](/source/Heckelphone) *[Lupophon](/source/Lupophon) *[Contrabass oboe](/source/Contrabass_oboe) *[Piston oboe](/source/Piston_(music)) }} The '''piccolo oboe''', also known as the '''piccoloboe''' or '''sopranino oboe''' and historically called an '''oboe musette''' (or just '''musette'''), is the smallest and highest pitched member of the [oboe](/source/oboe) family. Pitched in E♭ or F above the regular oboe (i.e. notated a minor third or perfect fourth lower than sounding), the piccolo oboe is a sopranino version of the oboe, comparable to the [E♭ clarinet](/source/E-flat_clarinet). It is most commonly found in early 20th-century marching band music, and more rarely in chamber music ensembles or contemporary compositions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theoboesite.com/oboemusette/piccolo-oboe|title=Piccolo Oboe |website=Theoboesite.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}} == Makers == [[Image:Cantigas musette.jpg|thumb|Two [shawm](/source/shawm) players from the [Cantigas de Santa Maria](/source/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria) (13th century)]] Piccolo oboes are produced by the French makers [F. Lorée](/source/F._Lor%C3%A9e) (pitched in F) and [Marigaux](/source/Marigaux) (pitched in E♭), as well as the Italian firm [Fratelli Patricola](/source/Fratelli_Patricola) (pitched in E♭). Lorée calls its instrument "piccolo oboe or oboe musette (in F)", while Marigaux and Patricola call their instruments simply "oboe musette". == Repertoire == The instrument has found the most use in chamber and contemporary music, where it is valued for its unusual tone colour. It is also employed in [double-reed](/source/Double_reed) ensembles, such as Amoris,{{Cite web |url=http://www.amoris.com/ |title=Amoris International |access-date=2010-02-19 |archive-date=2012-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705011228/http://www.amoris.com/ |url-status=dead }} and in film scoring. Perhaps the best-known pieces requiring piccolo oboe are "Solo for Oboe Instruments" (1971) and "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No. 2", both by [Bruno Maderna](/source/Bruno_Maderna); "Vérifications" by [Samuel Andreyev](/source/Samuel_Andreyev); and "Ar-Loth" (1967) by [Paolo Renosto](/source/Paolo_Renosto). Other contemporary works for the instrument are "Scherzo Furioso"{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/blezard/blezard_scherzo_complete.pdf|title=Scherzo furioso (Blezard, William)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}} by [William Blezard](/source/William_Blezard), "Tasmanian Ants"{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/harris/Ants/Tasmanian-Ants.pdf|title=Tasmanian Ants (Harris, Ian Keith)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}} by [Ian Keith Harris](/source/Ian_Keith_Harris), "Iberian Improvisations"{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/salzedo/Op143/Salzedo_Iberian_Improvisations.pdf|title=Iberian Improvisations, Op.143 (Salzedo, Leonard)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}} and "Bailables"{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/salzedo/Op127/Salzedo_Bailables.pdf|title=Bailables, Op.127 (Salzedo, Leonard)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}}{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/salzedo/Op127/1_Rondena.mp3|title=Bailables, Op.127 (Salzedo, Leonard)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}}{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/salzedo/Op127/2_Guajira.mp3|title=Bailables, Op.127 (Salzedo, Leonard)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}}{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/salzedo/Op127/3_Tonada.mp3|title=Bailables, Op.127 (Salzedo, Leonard)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}}{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/salzedo/Op127/4_Fandango.mp3|title=Bailables, Op.127 (Salzedo, Leonard)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}} by [Leonard Salzedo](/source/Leonard_Salzedo), and "Variations on a Sicilian Shepherd Tune"{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/strutt/Sicil/Variations-on-a-Sicilian-Shepherd-Tune.pdf|title=Variations on a Sicilian Shepherd Tune (Strutt, Clive)|website=Icking-music-archive.org}} by Clive Strutt. Two concerti have been written featuring the piccolo oboe in addition to the other four members of the oboe family, these works being David Stock's [https://soundcloud.com/david-stock-1/01-david-stock-oborama ''Oborama''] (second movement, "Crisp, Bright") and James Stephenson's "Rituals and Dances", both written for [Alex Klein](/source/Alex_Klein). ==See also== *[Oboe](/source/Oboe) *[Piccolo heckelphone](/source/Piccolo_heckelphone) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wiktionary|musette}} * {{Commons-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080418031209/http://www.loree-paris.com/engl/pages/instruments/piccolo.html F. Lorée page with description and photograph] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070505142913/http://www.amoris.com/sheet_music/musette.html Wayback archive of Amoris International Musette page] *[http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Amoris.php WIMA scores for oboe family instruments] {{Double reed}} {{Oboe family}} {{Authority control}} {{DoubleReed-instrument-stub}} Category:Single oboes with conical bore oboe Category:F instruments Category:E-flat instruments --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Piccolo oboe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo_oboe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo_oboe?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.