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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 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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