The Development of the Eighteenth-century Transverse Flute with Reference to J.S. Bach's "Partita In A Minor" for Unaccompanied Flute
The Development of the Eighteenth-century Transverse Flute with Reference to J.S. Bach's

Author: Ryan M. Murray

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781303985287

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Abstract: This project report discusses the development of the transverse flute in the eighteenth century with reference to J.S. Bach's Partita in A Minor for unaccompanied flute. Though still relatively new, the transverse flute of this period rapidly developed to become the new standard over the recorder due to the new opportunities it provided to composers. The works of Bach serve as a prime example for showing the instrument's increasing popularity, and his motivations for creating the Partita in A Minor reveal the influences of many composers and performers of the transverse flute, such as Pierre Buffardin and Johann Joachim Quantz, on the instrument's developing idiom throughout the century.

All Music Guide to Classical Music
All Music Guide to Classical Music

Author: Chris Woodstra

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 1620

ISBN-13: 9780879308650

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Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.

On Playing the Flute
On Playing the Flute

Author: Johann Joachim Quantz

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2001-03

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9781555534738

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Originally published in 1752, this is a new paperback edition of the classic treatise on 18th-century musical thought, performance practice, and style

The Flute
The Flute

Author: Ardal Powell

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 9780300094985

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This book tells the story of the flute in the musical life of Europe and North America from the twelfth century to the present day. It is the first history 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 and authoritative account of the flute's development, Ardal Powell takes full account of recent research: on military flutes and fifes of the fifteenth century, the renaissance consort flute, baroque and classical instruments, mechanically advanced nineteenth-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 the uses of the instrument to play military, religious, consort, solo, chamber, opera, symphony, jazz, popular, and flute band music. For the first time the role of amateur flutists receives due consideration alongside the influence of famous players and teachers. The ultimate guide to the heritage of the flute, this volume will delight both those who play the flute and those who love its music.