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An Oboe Player (Le jouer de hautbois)
178218th century
Jean Jacques de Boissieu, French, (1736–1810)
- music - The art concerned with the combining of vocal or instrumental sounds in measured time to communicate emotions, ideas, or states of mind, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. [January 1995 scope note added. December 1991 related term added; related term added.]
- musical instruments - Sound-producing apparatuses whose primary function is to play music.
- musicians - Those skilled or specializing in the art or practice of music, such as composers, conductors, and performers. [January 1995 scope note added. February 1993 descriptor moved. November 1992 alternate term added. March 1992 related terms added.]
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Jean Jacques de Boissieu, French, (1736–1810) . An Oboe Player (Le jouer de hautbois), 1782. Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on heavyweight tan laid paper. Seventh of seven states. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 2019.13.1. Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Gerald F. and Eileen Burke in honor of Ellen G. D’Oench, 2019. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: J. Giammatteo) .