Gerhard Griesel:
> As a layman I battle to distinguish between the sounds of the English
> horn, oboe and clarinet.
>
> For example, what is the instrument playing the solo in the beginning
> of the third movement (Andante con moto) of Tchaikovsky's Manfred
> Symphony?
>
> Enlighten me please!
This layman thinks it's an oboe. An English horn (aka cor anglais) has
a "fatter" sound. Now someone with a score will tell me I'm wrong. But
it certainly isn't a clarinet.
Richard Pennycuick
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