It evolved out of the earlier shawm, and it is pitched a perfect fifth higher than the related English horn.
Bohuslav Martinu composed a concerto for this instrument "and Small Orchestra" for Jiri Tancibudek. The movement "Deploration", which ends a 1962 sonata for this instrument and piano, was Francis Poulenc's final composition, while Benjamin Britten wrote a solo work for it called Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. Mozart composed a well-known concerto for this instrument for Giuseppe Ferlendis. It's not the viola, but the "Et in Spiritus Sanctus" movement of Bach's Mass in B Minor features the "d'amore" version of this instrument. It evolved out of the earlier shawm, and it is pitched a perfect fifth higher than the related English horn. For 10 points, identify this double-reed woodwind instrument whose conical bore creates its piercing tone.
Bohuslav Martinu composed a concerto for this instrument "and Small Orchestra" for Jiri Tancibudek.
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