The Early Flute : A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music)
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'... demonstrates a profound knowledge of the flute's history, and of the changes in performance style and technique.' Early Music Today
'This is an excellent study ...well written and easily accessible ... Rachel Brown has done an excellent job. This practical guide can enrich recorder players' knowledge and should be consulted widely.' The Recorder Magazine
'A highly informative, readable and welcome additions to the Cambridge Handbooks Historical Performance of Music series. It will prove invaluable both as a quick-reference guide and a general introduction to the early flute.' The Consort
Book Description
This handbook for flautists addresses all who wish to consider the issues raised when performing music of the past, and experiment with them on old or new instruments. Its aim is to provide an authoritative and practical guide with evidence drawn from a variety of primary sources directly and indirectly associated with the flute. The author provides sound advice on instruments and their care, historical techniques, stylistic issues and historically informed interpretation, with examples drawn from a wide range of case studies, including Bach, Handel, Mozart and Brahms.
The Early Flute : A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music)
The Early Flute : A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music),Rachel Brown,Colin Lawson,Robin Stowell,Cambridge University Press,0521890802,18th century,19th century,Flute,History & Criticism - General,Instrumental music,Interpretation (Phrasing, dyna,Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.),Music,Musical Instruments - General,Musical Instruments - Woodwinds,Performance,Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750),Music / General,Woodwind instruments
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