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Playing, Prussia 1756-63.
The hoboists were of course also proficient on other instruments, so that they were certainly often and gladly played on private occasions, e.g. at small festivities to which the regimental commander invited.
An oboe player was first referred to as a hautboist (pronounced "oboist") (after hautbois, the French name for the oboe).
In the 18th century, this became the term hoboist for a military musician in a music corps. The word was used in the infantry of the German army until around the First World War.
The hoboists were of course also proficient on other instruments, so that they were certainly often and gladly played on private occasions, e.g. at small festivities to which the regimental commander invited.
An oboe player was first referred to as a hautboist (pronounced "oboist") (after hautbois, the French name for the oboe).
In the 18th century, this became the term hoboist for a military musician in a music corps. The word was used in the infantry of the German army until around the First World War.
- Group
- Flat Figure(s)
- Condition
- Extra Fine painted
- Scale
- Size 30 mm
- Material
- Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
- Number of parts
- 28
- Epoch
- 18th Century
- Time
- 1712 - 1786
- Nationality/Location
- Prussia
- State
- Second Hand
- publisher
- Berliner Zinnfiguren
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