Cor Anglais

Cor anglais or English horn

Woodwind instrument
Classification	Woodwind Wind Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	422.112-71 (Double reed aerophone with keys)
Developed	about 1720 from the oboe da caccia
Playing range
Written pitch, notated in F, sounds a perfect fifth lower Sounding pitch
Related instruments
Piccolo oboe Oboe Oboe d'amore Oboe da caccia Bass oboe Heckelphone Contrabass oboe

The cor anglais (UK /ˌkɔːr ˈɒŋɡleɪ/, US /ˌkɔːr ɑːŋˈɡleɪ/ or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ];plural: cors anglais) or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe.

The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument). This means that music for the cor anglais is written a perfect fifth higher than the instrument actually sounds. The fingering and playing technique used for the cor anglais are essentially the same as those of the oboe and oboists typically double on the cor anglais when required. The cor anglais normally lacks the lowest B♭ key found on most oboes and so its sounding range stretches from E₃ (written B♮) below middle C to C₆ two octaves above middle C.

...
Wikipedia