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Word: hautboy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Williamsburg's third festival opened in the palace's candlelit ballroom. Guests were escorted from their carriages by pantalooned footmen carrying candle lanterns. Eight evenings of 18th-Century music for "Harpsichord, Hautboy, Violins and Violoncello" were scheduled. At week's end 20th-Century visitors were unconsciously bowing and reaching for their snuffboxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hautboys and Candles | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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