Editing Cor anglais (section)

==Repertoire==

===Concertos and concertante===
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Until the 20th century, there were few solo pieces for the instrument with a large ensemble (such as [[orchestra]] or [[concert band]]). Important examples of such concertos and concertante works are:
*[[William Alwyn]]'s ''Autumn Legend'' for English horn and string orchestra (1954)
*[[Emmanuel Chabrier]]'s ''Lamento'' for English horn and orchestra (1875)
*[[Aaron Copland]]'s ''[[Quiet City (music)|Quiet City]]'' for trumpet, English horn, and string orchestra (1940) †
*[[Miguel del Aguila]], ''Broken Rondo'' for solo English horn and orchestra
*[[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s Concertino in G major (1816)
*[[Arthur Honegger]]'s ''[[Concerto da camera (Honegger)|Concerto da camera]]'' for flute, English horn and string orchestra (1948)
*[[Gordon Jacob]]'s Rhapsody for English horn and strings (1948)
*[[Aaron Jay Kernis]]' ''Colored Field'' (1994)
*[[James MacMillan]]'s ''The World's Ransoming'', for obbligato English horn and orchestra (1995–96), part of the orchestral triptych ''Triduum'' (1995–97) †
*[[Walter Piston]]'s Fantasy for English horn, harp and string orchestra (1952)
*[[Ned Rorem]]'s Concerto for English horn and orchestra (1992)
*[[Peter Seabourne]]'s Concerto for English horn and orchestra (2013)
*[[Jean Sibelius]]' ''[[The Swan of Tuonela]]'' (1893) †
*[[Jack Stamp]]'s ''Elegy for English horn and Band'' (2004)
*[[Pēteris Vasks]]' Concerto for English horn and orchestra (1989)
*[[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]]'s Concertino in A{{music|flat}}, op. 34 (1947)
[[David Stock]]'s concerto "[https://soundcloud.com/david-stock-1/01-david-stock-oborama Oborama]" (2010) features the English Horn and its other members as a soloist, the instrument changing in each movement. (ex. Oboe D'amore in movement 3 and Bass Oboe in movement 4)

† Though concertante in nature, these are just orchestral works featuring extensive solos, with the player seated within the orchestra

===Chamber music===

Better known [[chamber music]] for English horn includes:
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Op. 87 (1795)
*Ludwig van Beethoven's ''Variations on "Là ci darem la mano"'', for 2 oboes and English horn, WoO 28 (1796)
*[[Elliott Carter]]'s ''Pastoral'' for English horn and piano (1940)
*[[Felix Draeseke]]'s "Kleine Suite" for English horn and piano, Op. 87 (1911)
*[[Paul Hindemith]]'s Sonata for English Horn and Piano (1941)
*[[Charles Koechlin]]'s ''Monody for English Horn'', Op. 216, Nr. 11 (1947–48)
*[[Franz Krommer]]'s Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Trio in F major c.(1794)
*Franz Krommer's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Variations on a Theme by Pleyel c.(1794–6)
*[[Vincent Persichetti]]'s ''Parable XV for Solo English Horn''
*[[Franz Poessinger]]'s Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Trio in F major c.(1794–6)
*[[Anton Reicha]]'s Andante arioso, Andante and Adagio for wind quintet with featured cor anglais (1817-9)
*Karlheinz Stockhausen's ''Zeitmaße'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn and bassoon (1955–56)
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Pastorale (Stravinsky)|Pastorale]]'' for soprano and piano (1907), in the composer's arrangements for soprano, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon (1923), and violin, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon (1933)
*[[Augusta Read Thomas]]'s ''Pilgrim Soul'' for cor anglais and two violins (2011)
*[[Josef Triebensee]]'s Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Trio in F major c.(1794–6)
*Josef Triebensee's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Trio in C major c.(1794–6)
*Josef Triebensee's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Trio in Bb major c.(1794–6)
*Josef Triebensee's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Variations on a Theme by Haydn c.(1794–6)
*Heitor Villa-Lobos' ''[[Quinteto (em forma de chôros)]]'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn and bassoon (1928)
*[[Peter Warlock]]'s 'The Curlew' for singer, flute, cor anglais and string quartet (1920–22)
*Johan Went's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Petite Serenade Concertante in F major c.(1790)
*Johan Went's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Divertimento in Bb major c.(1790)
*Johan Went's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Variations on a Theme by Paisiello c.(1790)
*Johan Went's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Variations on a Theme by Haydn c.(1790)
*Johan Went's Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Pas de Deux in C major de Signore e Signora Vigano c.(1790)
*[[Anton Wranitsky]]'s Trio for 2 oboes and English horn, Trio in C major c.(1794–6)
*[[Carlo Yvon]]'s Sonata in F minor for English Horn (or Viola) and Piano (published ca. 1831), one of the few [[sonata]]s written during the [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] for this combination.

===Solos in orchestral works and dramas===
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The English horn's timbre makes it well suited to the performance of expressive, melancholic solos in [[orchestra]]l works (including [[film score]]s) as well as operas. Famous examples are:
[[File:Dv CA extrait.jpg|thumb|480px|Opening motive from the 2nd movement (Largo) of [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9]], ''From the New World'']]
*[[Vincenzo Bellini]]'s ''Il Pirata'' (Act II: Introduzione) (1827)
*[[Hector Berlioz]]'s ''[[Harold in Italy]]'' (1834)
*[[Hector Berlioz]]'s ''[[La damnation de Faust]]'': "D’amour l’ardente flamme"
*Hector Berlioz's ''[[Rob Roy Overture]]'' (1826)
*Hector Berlioz's ''[[Roman Carnival Overture]]'' (1844)
*Hector Berlioz's ''[[Symphonie fantastique]]'' (third [[Movement (music)|movement]]) (1830)
*[[Alexander Borodin]]'s ''[[In the Steppes of Central Asia]]'' (1880)
*Alexander Borodin's "[[Polovetsian Dances]]" from ''Prince Igor'' (1890)
*Emmanuel Chabrier's "Lamento" for orchestra (1875)
*[[Louis Cole]]'s ''nothing'' (2024) ("It All Passes")
*[[Claude Debussy]]'s ''[[Nocturnes (Debussy)|Nocturnes]]'' (1899) ("Nuages")
*[[Frederick Delius]]'s ''[[Florida Suite]]'' (1887)
*Antonín Dvořák's [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9]] (1893), ''From the New World'' (Largo)
*[[César Franck]]'s [[Symphony in D minor (Franck)|Symphony in D minor]] (1888) (2nd movement)
*[[Alexander Glazunov]]'s [[Symphony No. 4 (Glazunov)|Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major]] (1893) (1st movement)
*Joseph Haydn's [[Symphony No. 22 (Haydn)|Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher"]] (1764) (two English horns)
*Joseph Haydn's Divertimento in F, for two violins, two English horns, two horns & two bassoons Hob. II: 6 (1760)
*[[Vincent d'Indy]]'s ''[[Symphony on a French Mountain Air]]'' (1886)
*[[Zoltán Kodály]]'s ''Summer Evening'' (1906)
*Gustav Mahler's ''Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen'' from ''[[Rückert-Lieder]]'' (1901), ''Wenn dein Mütterlein'' from ''[[Kindertotenlieder]]'' (1905)
*[[Jules Massenet]]'s ''[[Le Cid]]'' Ballet Suite (Madrilène) (1885)
*[[Olivier Messiaen]]'s ''[[L'ascension]]'' (1932–33) (2nd movement)
*[[Thea Musgrave]]'s ''Phoenix Rising'' (1997)
*[[Basil Poledouris]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' score – "Riddle of Steel" (1982)
*[[Amilcare Ponchielli]]'s ''Voce di donna'' from ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]''
*[[Gaetano Pugnani]]'s ''Werther'' Melodrama in Two Parts, (Part II No. 21 Largo assai) (1790)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)|Symphonic Dances]] (1940)
*Sergei Rachmaninoff's ''[[The Bells (symphony)|The Bells]]'' (1913) (4th movement)
*[[Maurice Ravel]]'s [[Piano Concerto in G (Ravel)|Piano Concerto in G]] (1931) (2nd movement)
*Maurice Ravel's [[Ballet]] ''[[Daphnis et Chloé]]'' (1912)
*Maurice Ravel's [[Le Tombeau de Couperin]] (1914-1917) All movements but the Fugue and Toccata, later orchestrated by Zoltán Kocsis (1917-1919)
*Maurice Ravel's ''[[Rapsodie espagnole]]'' (1908)
*[[Alfred Reed]]'s ''[[Russian Christmas Music]]'' (1944)
*[[Ottorino Respighi]]'s ''[[Fountains_of_Rome_(symphonic_poem)|Fontane di Roma]]'' (1918)
*Ottorino Respighi's ''[[Pini di Roma]]'' (1924) 
*Ottorino Respighi's ''Lauda per la Natività del Signore'' (1930)
*[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ''[[Capriccio Espagnol]]'' (1887) (2nd movement)
*Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ''[[Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Scheherazade]]'' Op. 35 (1888)
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]]'s ''[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]'' (1939) (2nd movement)
*Gioachino Rossini's ''[[Adelaide di Borgogna]]'', aria: "Soffri la tua sventura … Amica speme"
*Gioachino Rossini's ''[[William Tell (opera)|William Tell Overture]]'' (1829)
*Antonio Salieri's ''Annibale in Capua''
*[[Howard Shore]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]] (film score)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s [[Symphony No. 4 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 4 in C minor]] (1936) (1st movement)
*Dmitri Shostakovich's [[Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 6 in B minor]] (1939) (1st movement)
*Dmitri Shostakovich's [[Symphony No. 8 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 8 in C minor]] (1943) (1st movement)
*Dmitri Shostakovich's [[Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 10 in E minor]] (1953) (3rd movement)
*Dmitri Shostakovich's [[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 11 in G minor]] (1957) (4th movement)
*Jean Sibelius' ''[[Karelia Suite]]'' (1893) and [[Pelléas et Mélisande (Sibelius)|Pelléas et Mélisande]] (1905)
*[[Robert W. Smith (musician)|Robert W. Smith]]'s Symphony No. 2 "The Odyssey" (3rd movement, "The Isle of Calypso")
*[[Richard Strauss]]' ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' (1898)
*Igor Stravinsky's ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' (1913) Mainly in the Intro to Part I and the next-to-last dance in Part II, ''Ritual Action of the Ancestors''
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture]]'' (1870) (Love Theme, Exposition)
*Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' (1892)
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]' ''[[In the Fen Country]]'' (1904)
*Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 2 ''[[A London Symphony]]'' (2nd movement)
*Ralph Vaughan Williams' [[Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams)|Symphony No. 5 in D major]] (1943) (3rd movement)
*Ralph Vaughan Williams' [[Symphony No. 6 (Vaughan Williams)|Symphony No. 6 in E minor]] (1946–47) (2nd movement)
*[[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' (1859) (Act 3, Scene 1)
*[[Ennio Morricone]]'s ''[[The Ecstasy of Gold]]''   (1966)
*[[John Williams]]' ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''   (film score) (2001)
*John Williams' ''[[Schindler's List]]'' (film score) (1993)

===Unaccompanied===
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*[[Hendrik Andriessen|Andriessen, Hendrik]], Elegia (1967)
*[[Lera Auerbach|Auerbach, Lera]], The Prayer
*[[Alain Bancquart|Bancquart, A.]], Sonatine
*Bentzon, J., Rhapsodique Etude, Op. 10
*[[Michael Berkeley|Berkeley, Michael]], ''Snake'' (1990)
*Brandon, J., In the City at Night
*Caldini, F., Abendstück, Op. 12
*Caldini, F., Aria di Eliogabalo, Op. 18
*Cantalbiano, R., Sonata
*Carbon, J., Four Impromptus
*Carter, E., A 6-letter Letter
*Cherney, B., Epitaph
*[[Barney Childs|Childs, Barney]], ''Four Involutions''
*Dagher, Abdo, The New Egyptian-Arabic	
*Davies, Ken, Dark River
*Douglas, Paul Marshall, Luquet
*[[John W. Downey|Downey, John W.]], Soliloquy
*Filippi, A., Equations
*[[Juliana Hall|Hall, Juliana]], A Certain Tune
*Head, Raymond, No Nights are Dark Enough
*Isaacson, M., A Quiet Prayer
*Koechlin, Charles, ''Monodie''
*Koechlin, Charles, Suite
*Lawrence, Echoes in Wilderness
*Persichetti, Vincent, ''Parable XV''
*Pfiffner, Miniature d'Umbria I
*Rudin, R., Recitativ und Arie
*Silvestrini, Paysage avec Pyrame eet Thisbe
*Tomasi, H., Evocations
*Turok, P., Partita