On playing the flute /

Main Author: Quantz, Johann Joachim, 1697-1773
Other Authors: Reilly, Edward R.
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: London, England : Faber and Faber, 1985.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : of the qualities required of those who would dedicate themselves to music
  • 1. Short history and description of the transverse flute
  • 2. Of holding the flute, and placing the fingers
  • 3. Of the fingering or Application, and the gamut or scale of the flute
  • 4. Of the embouchure
  • 5. Of notes, their values, metre, rests, and other musical signs
  • 6. Of the use of the tongue in blowing upon the flute
  • 7. Of taking breath, in the practice of the flute
  • 8. Of the appoggiaturas, and the little essential graces related to them
  • 9. Of shakes
  • 10. What a beginner must observe in his independent practice
  • 11. Of good execution in general in singing and playing
  • 12. Of the manner of playing the Allegro
  • 13. Of extempore variations on simple intervals
  • 14. Of the manner of playing the Adagio
  • 15. Of cadenzas
  • 16. What a flautist must observe if he plays in public concerts
  • 17. Of the duties of those who accompany or execute the accompanying or ripieno parts associated with a concertante part
  • 18. How a musician and a musical composition are to be judged.