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added by Kasia June 28, 2012, 9:03 a.m.
Where does English horn (cor anglais) come from?
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The instrument was created by the Weigel family about 1720. Since it resembled the horns played by angels in religious images, it was called engellisches Horn, meaning angelic horn. But engellisch also meant English.
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