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Noun: oboe d'amore (oboes d'amore)
  1. An oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music
    "The oboe d'amore added a rich, mellow tone to the Bach cantata"

Derived forms: oboes d'amore

Type of: hautbois [archaic], hautboy [archaic], oboe

Encyclopedia: Oboe d'amore