He could see her running through the oboe list in her head: life expectancies, marital chances.

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The result is a soundtrack brimming with melodic writing and a moody oboe theme.

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The shortlist also includes I Giorni by Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, Gabriel's Oboe by Morricone and Rule Britannia.

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The saxophone is so flexible in its sound, it can sound like an oboe, a bassoon, a French horn, a flute.

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Musicians play oboe-like ''suona, '' bell-shaped gongs and a variety of drums, while masked or unmasked dancers move farcically to the accompaniment.

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As a student at DuSable High School, under the legendary Captain Walter Dyett, Griffin learned the reeds, including oboe and English horn.

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Booker began playing his family's piano, but later moved on to other instruments, playing the clarinet, oboe, trombone and saxophone in high school.

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Instead, a eclectic mix of instruments are listed, like the glockenspiel, vibraphone, grand marimba, theremin, oboe, viola, banjo, trumpet, trombone, xylophone, piano, and autoharp.

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As a student at DuSable High School, under the legendary Captain Walter Dyett ("feared and revered" says the Chicago Tribune), Griffin learned the reeds including oboe and English horn.

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Gillian knew that when she finished school and started looking for a job in a symphony there might be no positions for an oboe or, if she was lucky, there might be just one, and many people would want it.

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