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Oboe or Shawm
Richard Haka (1646-1705), Amsterdam, c. 1680, ebony, silver
The oboe was invented by French woodwind instrument makers at the service of Louis XIV. For its distinctive timbre, it was quickly adopted all over Europe into the main body of the orchestra. French instruments were imported to the Dutch Republic where, from about 1680, a prosperous community of makers mainly based in Amsterdam, produced some of the most richly decorated oboes ever made.
- Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, oboe, shawm
- Object numberBK-NM-11430-81
- Dimensionslength 523 mm, diameter 80 mm
- Physical characteristicsebbenhout en zilver
Identification
Title(s)
Oboe or shawm
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-11430-81
Description
Hobo of schalmei, ebbenhout met gedreven zilveren randen en een zilveren klep beveiligd door een bedekking van a jour gewerkt zilver.
Inscriptions / marks
mark, above hole 1, under hole 6 and at the top of the short bell flare, stamped: ‘R.HAKA’ R.HAKA [in a scroll]/ [a low fleur-de-lis]
Catalogue reference
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 177, 183, afb. 3
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953),p. 1-3: 2
- Susan E. Thompson, 'Deutsche Schalmei: A Question of Terminology', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), p. 31-60: 38
- Bruce Haynes, 'Lully and the Rise of the Oboe as Seen in Works of Art', Early Music 16, nr. 3 (Aug., 1988), p. 324-338: 333, afb. 22
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118, plate 3b
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 41 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101: plate XVII (b)
- Marcello Rizzello, 'Thoughts on the external development of the oboe in France from 1650 to 1810', Philomusica on-line 22, 2023, no. 2, p. 27-108: 35
- Jan Bouterse, 'The Woodwind Instruments of Richard Haka (1645/6-1705)', From Renaissance to Baroque: Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century, ed. by Jonathan Wainwright and Peter Holman, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005, p. 63-72: 69-71, afb. 3.2
- 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, 87
- Jan Bouterse, 'Early Dutch fipple flutes, with emphasis on the seventeenth century and Jacob van Eyck', The Recorder in the 17th Century: Proceedings of the International Recorder Symposium, ed. by David Lasocki, Utrecht 1993, Utrecht: STIMU Foundation for Historical Performance Practice, 1995, p. 77-90: 86-87
- 'Major double-reed exhibition in August', Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 17, nr. 1 (Feb., 1988), p. 10 met afb.
- 'Aanwinsten', Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1, nr. 2 (1899-1900), p. 48
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch wind instruments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries', Geschichte, Bauweise und Spieltechnik der Querflöte, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag (Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis), 2008, p. 53–69: 58
- Paul Carroll, 'Baroque woodwind instruments: A guide to their history, repertoire and basic technique', Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999, p. 93
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 95, 97-99, 123, fig. 2
- Nora Post, 'The 17th-Century Oboe Reed', The Galpin Society Journal 35 (Mar., 1982), p. 54-67: 57-58, 64, plate VII b
- Bruce Haynes, 'Sweeter than Hautbois: Towards a Conception of the Schalmey of the Baroque Period', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 26 (2000), p. 57–82: 65-66, afb. 2
Creation
Creation
musical instrument maker: Richard Haka, Amsterdam
Dating
c. 1680
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Material and technique
Physical description
ebbenhout en zilver
Material
Dimensions
- length 523 mm
- diameter 80 mm
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis
Copyright
Documentation
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 177, 183, afb. 3
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953),p. 1-3: 2
- Susan E. Thompson, 'Deutsche Schalmei: A Question of Terminology', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), p. 31-60: 38
- Bruce Haynes, 'Lully and the Rise of the Oboe as Seen in Works of Art', Early Music 16, nr. 3 (Aug., 1988), p. 324-338: 333, afb. 22
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118, plate 3b
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 41 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101: plate XVII (b)
- Marcello Rizzello, 'Thoughts on the external development of the oboe in France from 1650 to 1810', Philomusica on-line 22, 2023, no. 2, p. 27-108: 35
- Jan Bouterse, 'The Woodwind Instruments of Richard Haka (1645/6-1705)', From Renaissance to Baroque: Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century, ed. by Jonathan Wainwright and Peter Holman, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005, p. 63-72: 69-71, afb. 3.2
- 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, 87
- Jan Bouterse, 'Early Dutch fipple flutes, with emphasis on the seventeenth century and Jacob van Eyck', The Recorder in the 17th Century: Proceedings of the International Recorder Symposium, ed. by David Lasocki, Utrecht 1993, Utrecht: STIMU Foundation for Historical Performance Practice, 1995, p. 77-90: 86-87
- 'Major double-reed exhibition in August', Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 17, nr. 1 (Feb., 1988), p. 10 met afb.
- 'Aanwinsten', Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1, nr. 2 (1899-1900), p. 48
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch wind instruments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries', Geschichte, Bauweise und Spieltechnik der Querflöte, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag (Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis), 2008, p. 53–69: 58
- Paul Carroll, 'Baroque woodwind instruments: A guide to their history, repertoire and basic technique', Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999, p. 93
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 95, 97-99, 123, fig. 2
- Nora Post, 'The 17th-Century Oboe Reed', The Galpin Society Journal 35 (Mar., 1982), p. 54-67: 57-58, 64, plate VII b
- Bruce Haynes, 'Sweeter than Hautbois: Towards a Conception of the Schalmey of the Baroque Period', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 26 (2000), p. 57–82: 65-66, afb. 2
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