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Although we don't have available a date or place of origin, nor are there recorded the names of the individuals who are responsible for the development of the oboe, we do know that it is from the middle 17th century. It's original name was hautbois or shawm.
it was invented to be played by musicians in a orchestra. it was invented to be played by musicians in a orchestra.
the modern oboe was invented in the 1650's.
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This person invented the oboe so she probrably was the first person to play it. Her name was Jean Hotteterre.
The oboe's first ancestors originated in Europe in the 12th century. They were called shawms and they too had a double reed.
The oboe has evolved from the shawm, and over time has changed considerably; In the 1650's the first instrument to be called a "hautbois" appeared in the south of France.
The instrument is thought to have originated in about 1720, when a bulb bell was added, the Oboe dacaccia, a Baroque alto instrument of the oboe family, possibly by J. T. Weigel.
Ferlandis of Bergamo in 1760
This is an oboe. The wonders of google.
The Oboe is in the woodwind family.