Who invented the modern oboe?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The oboe was invented in the 17th century; 1650's. I'm an oboe player myself, and the oboe is a duck-sounding instrument that is a very dramatic instrument.

Though this is when it was called an oboe, it originated from the shawm.

Answer 3

The modern oboe was invented by the French musicians Jean Hotteterre and Michel Danican Philidorin in the 1650's. The Ancient Greeks had a similar instrument called an aulos.

Answer 4

The Oboe was invented in the 17th century in 1770 :)

Answer 5

The oboe originated in the south of France, descending from the shawm.

Answer 6

Sometime in the 12th century, an ancestor of the oboe called a shawm was introduced. In this case, its hard to tell exactly who invented the oboe.

Answer 7

The "modern oboe" was developed by the Triebert family.

Answer 8

The oboe originated from an instrument called the shawm in the 12th century in France.. The oboe's inventor is unknown.