The Flute (The Yale Musical Instrument Series) - Hardcover

Powell, Ardal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300093411 ISBN 13: 9780300093414

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

The story of the flute in the musical life of Europe and North America from the 12th century to the 21st. It seeks to illustrate the relationship that has bound the instrument, its music, and performance technique together through eight centuries of shifting musical tastes and practices. In a comprehensive account of the flute's development, Powell takes account of modern research: on military flutes and fifes of the 15th century; the Renaissance consort flute; baroque and classical instruments; mechanically-advanced 19th-century designs by Theobald Boehm and others; and further innovations that led to the modern flute. All these transformations are related to revolutions in playing style and repertoire, in the lives of flute players and makers, and in uses of the instrument to play military, religious, consort, solo, chamber, opera, symphony, jazz, popular and flute band music. The role of amateur flutists receives consideration alongside the influence of famous players and teachers. This guide to the heritage of the flute should be of interest to both those who play the flute and those who love its music.

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Ardal Powell is President of Folkers & Powell, Makers of Historical Flutes, Hudson, NY, and a distinguished performer. He has written numerous books and articles on the flutes and flute-playing of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300093411
• ISBN 13: 9780300093414
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1209
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