oboe d'amour

[ duh-moor ]

noun

1. an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oboe d'amour¹

First recorded in 1875–80, oboe d'amour is from Italian oboe d'amore literally, “oboe of love”