Oboe

Philip Borkens, c. 1750

Music has always been a crucial element of public celebrations, such as military parades, coronations, royal weddings, and funerals, adding grandeur to the solemnity of the occasion. Musical ensembles entrusted with performing music at these events have existed in Europe since the Middle Ages. This display highlights various marching bands and their musical instruments dating from the 16th to the 19th century.

  • Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, oboe
  • Object numberBK-2018-75

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Oboe

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-2018-75

  • Description

    Hobo van palmhout, gemonteerd met zilveren randen en met drie zilveren kleppen. Dit instrument was onderdeel van de instrumentenverzameling van Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), die van 1895 tot 1945 chef-dirigent van het Concertgebouworkest was.

Creation

  • Creation

    musical instrument maker: Philip Borkens, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1750

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2018-04-19

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Kunstveilingen S.J. Mak van Waay , 'Catalogus van de Kunstveiling 109 : bestaande uit de nalatenschap van wijlen Prof. Dr. J. W. Mengelberg ... diverse Deventer en Oosterse kleden uit divers bezit', Amsterdam: Kunstveilingen S. J. Mak van Waay, 1952, p. 63
    • Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'The Rijksmuseum to acquire and display the Han De Vries collection of oboes', CIMCIM Bulletin, Jan. 2019, p. 22-24
    • Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'Zeldzame Nederlandse Barokhobo's. Muziekschatten in het Rijksmuseum', Oude Muziek Magazine 2020, nr. 1, p. 10-11, afb. 3
    • Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Makers of Double Reed Instruments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries', The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 24 (1996), p. 77-88: 83
    • Jan Bouterse, 'Stempels en inscripties op Nederlandse houten blaasinstrumenten uit de Barok', Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 49, nr. 1 (1999), p. 32-54: 40

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