Robert Woodcock

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Robert Woodcock (bap. October 9, 1690 – d. April 10, 1728) was an English marine painter, musician, and composer who lived during the Baroque period. He is notable for having published the earliest known flute concertos, and the earliest known English oboe concertos. He was an accomplished musician and composer, performing on the oboe, recorder, and flute. He was perhaps most skilled on the flute, as in 1776, nearly 50 years after his death, he was described by John Hawkins as "a famous performer on the flute." The engraver George Vertue, writing in 1725, called Woodcock "An ingenious gentleman lover of the arts of painting and music, and professor." Vertue goes on to describe Woodcock's musical talents, writing: "He was very skillful in music, had judgement and performed on the hautboy in a masterly manner, there being many pieces, some published, and much approved by skillful masters in that science." Vertue's account tells us that Woodcock was a well-respected performer and composer, and his description of Woodcock as a "professor" also seems to indicate that he taught - but whether painting or music it is impossible to say. Vertue also gives us a valuable indication as to what Woodcock may have looked like, describing him as "a man of genteel mien, well shape and good features. Woodcock's only surviving compositions are a set of twelve concertos (3 for flute, 3 for recorder, and 3 for oboe) published by Walsh and Hare in London circa 1727. The concertos were origin

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Sammartini / Baston / Babell / Woodcock: Recorder Concertos

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Gimme Some Truth

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Floetenkonzerte des Barock

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Pergolesi / Vivaldi / Woodcock / Blavet / Leclair: Flute Concertos

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The Virtuoso Recorder, Vol. 3

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The Amourous Flutes

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Elizabethan Consort Music

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Flötenkonzerte des Barock

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Concerto For Flute e-moll

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Entertainments for a Small Flute

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Woodcock: Concerto No. 4: III. Gavotta (Arr. by Apollo's Cabinet)

Concertos for Recorder & Oboe

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