Index:The story of the flute (IA storyofflute1914fitz).djvu

Title	The Story of the Flute
Author	Henry Macaulay Fitzgibbon
Year	1914
Publisher	Walter Scott Publishing Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Location	London
Source	djvu
Progress	Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion	Fully transcluded
OCLC	1312639

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Cover — — — — — — Img iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Img — 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 Img — 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 Img — 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 Img — 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 — — — — — Cover

Contents.

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2. Explantion of Signs used ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. Addenda and Corringenda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. List of Illustrations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. List of Musical Examples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. CHAPTER I. FLUTES OF THE ANCIENTS. Antiquity of the flute—Classic legends—Egyptian origin—The Arab “Nay”—Development—The Fipple—Fingerholes—Double flutes—Popularity amongst the ancients—Ancient players of note—Their position and costume ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. CHAPTER II. FLUTE-À-BEC AND RECORDER. Beaked flutes—Recorders—Double and triple recorders—Popularity—Gradual decline—Flageolet and other early pipes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. CHAPTER III. TRANSVERSE FLUTE. Section I.—Was it known to the Greeks and Romans?—The Chinese—India—Early representations and references—The Schweitzerpfeiff—Virdung—Agricola—Prætorius—Mersenne's description—In England ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. Section II.—Flutes with keys—The D♯ key—Hotteterre—The conical bore—Structure of early flutes—Tuning slides—Quantz's inventions—The low C keys—Further keys added—Tromlitz's inventions—Open keys—The eight-keyed flute—Capeller and Nolan's keys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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2. CHAPTER IV. BÖHM AND GORDON. Biographical—Revolution in the flute—Gordon—His flutes—Böhm—His flutes of 1831, 1832, and 1847—His publications—As a player—His compositions—Böhm's centenary—The controversy—Priority of inventions—Coche's attack—Clinton's views—Revival of the controversy—Rockstro's attack—Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHAPTER V. FLUTE AFTER BÖHM. Various patentees—Coche and Buffet—Ward—The Dorus key—Siccama—Briccialdi's lever—Carte's flutes—Clinton—Pratten—Rockstro—Radcliff—Other minor "improvers" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER VI. MILITARY FIFE. Early history, examples, and references—Arbeau's description—Introduced into the French army—Into the English army—Duties of military fifers—Their position—Temporary disuse—Re-instatement—The true fife—In opera ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. CHAPTER VII. PICCOLO: F FLUTE. Piccolo—Orchestral use—Characteristics—Berlioz on its abuse—Its various registers—As used by great composers—Two piccolos—With cymbals, bells, etc.—As a solo instrument—Military varieties—The F flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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2. CHAPTER VIII. ALTO AND BASS FLUTES. The true bass flute—Early examples—Alto flutes—Modern examples—The Flute d'Amour—Recent revival ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHAPTER IX. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FLUTE. Popularity of the flute—Its tone—Various registers—Its agility—Harmonics—Double-tongueing—The glide—Vibrato effect—Shakes and turns—Tremolo—Best keys—Hygienic aspect ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER X. MUSIC FOR THE FLUTE. Early composers—Loeillet—Mercy—Blavet—Quantz—Classical composers—Flautist composers—Kuhlau—His successors—Good flute music—Taste of the public—Airs with variations—Doppler—Terschak—Modern school of flute composers—Flute and harp or guitar—Flute and voice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. CHAPTER XI. FLUTE IN THE ORCHESTRA. Introduction of the flute into the orchestra—The flute and piccolo as used by the great composers—Bach—His obligatos—Handel—His flauto-piccolo—Flute and organ—Gluck—Haydn—The Creation—Symphonies—Mozart—Disliked the flute—Symphonies—Serenades—Operas—Concertos—Beethoven—His famous flute passages—Weber—Meyerbeer—Piccolo passages—Italian operatic composers—William Tell overture—Mendelssohn—Midsummer Night's Dream—Symphonies—Oratorios—Schubert—Schumann—Use by modern composers—Berlioz—Flute and harp—Brahms—Dvořák—The Spectre's Bride—Cadenzas—Grieg—Bizet's Carmen—Sullivan—The Golden Legend—Coleridge-Taylor—Wagner—Tschaïkowsky—R. Strauss—Passages of extreme difficulty ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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2. CHAPTER XII. FLUTE IN CHAMBER MUSIC. "The neglected wind"—Chamber pieces by great composers—Spohr's Nonett—Pieces for wind and pianoforte—For wind and strings—For wind alone—Larger combinations—For flutes alone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHAPTER XIII. FAMOUS FLAUTISTS. Section I.—Foreign players—Quantz—Frederick the Great—Royal flautists—Early French players—Hugot—Berbiguier—Tulou—Drouet—Furstenau—Doppler—Dorus—Demersseman—Ciardi—Briccialdi—Ribas—Terschak—Altes—Taffanel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. Section II.—British players—Early performers—Ashe—Charles Nicholson—Richardson—Clinton—Pratten—B. Wells—Henry Nicholson—Svendsen—Principal living flautists ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. CHAPTER XIV. BRITISH AND FOREIGN STYLES COMPARED. Statistics—Style of performance—English, French, Italian, German—Böhm's opinion—Foreign players of note ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. CHAPTER XV. WOMAN AND THE FLUTE. Suitability—Female players in classic times—More recent flautistes—English flautistes of to-day—American flautistes—Female composers for the flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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2. CHAPTER XVI. FLUTE IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA. Early notices and players—Later players of foreign origin—Ernst—Introduction of the Böhm flute—Native American players—Kyle—Lemmone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHAPTER XVII. FLUTE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE—POET FLAUTISTS. Early English references—Chaucer—Flute and fife in Shakespeare—In the early dramatists—In the poets—References to the qualities of the flute—Epithets applied to it—Cowper—Longfellow—Other poets—Prose references—In modern novelists—Dickens—A weird flute story—Flute in American authors—Sidney Lanier—Other literary flautists—Legends ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER XVIII. CURIOSITIES OF THE FLUTE. Flutes of curious materials—Walking-stick flutes—Ornamented flutes—Böhm's crutch—Ward's terminator—Various other inventions—The Giorgi flute—Automaton players—Dulon, the blind flautist—Rebsomen, the one-armed flautist—Hallet, the youthful prodigy—How to silence a flautist ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. CHAPTER XIX. FLUTES OF ORIENTAL AND SAVAGE NATIONS. Oriental flutes—Chinese—Japanese—Effect of the flute on animals—Indian flutes—Nose-flutes—South American flutes—The love flute—Ancient prejudices—The Fathers and the Puritans ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. Appendix I.—Early Instruction Books for Transverse Flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. ″ II.—Wooden and Metal Flutes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. ″ III.—Bibliography of the Flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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