Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 1995/03

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: RE>Re- Spelling
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 11:30:22 -0500

On Wed, 1 Mar 1995, Andrew Grenci wrote:

> Shakespeare prefered hautboy...

Yes, it's the old English spelling, clearly derived from the French
term. I've seen it in a Purcell song text, and in other spots well into
the 18th century. "Oboe" is Italian, but I don't know offhand the
history of how anglophones adopted that term.