Wagner
Wagner, Tristan. Beginning of Act II.
![\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "FLUTE."
midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
\key bes \major
\numericTimeSignature
\time 2/2
f'2~(\p^\markup \center-column {\bold "Sehr" \bold "lebhaft"} f8 e ees d
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c[ bes] a4. c8 \tuplet 3/2 {bes[ g ees]}
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d des c g' f e bes' a)
g( ges f c' bes a ees' c)
<b f'>2~(\pp f'8 e ees d
<< {c bes a4 c \tuplet 3/2 {d8 g, ees}} \\ {fis2 g4~ g8 r} >>
d cis bes) r r2
}
\layout {
indent = 2\cm
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/y/3ysigaartohek9cqhkkbdbnkei68w64/3ysigaar.png)
Wagner, Götterdämmerung. Act III., sc. 2
![\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "1st FLUTE."
midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
\time 12/8
r8\p c( d e f g a2.)~
\autoBeamOff
a8 r r r a4~\> a8\! r a16[ a] a8[ r a16 a]
\autoBeamOn
a8\staccato fis\staccato a\staccato
d\staccato b8.\staccato a16\staccato
a8\staccato fis\staccato e\staccato
d\staccato b\staccato d\staccato
fis\staccato\pp d\staccato fis\staccato a2( f'8) r \bar "|"
}
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indent = 2\cm
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Wagner, Siegfried. Birds in Finale to Act II.
![\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = \markup \center-column {
"1 PICCOLO"
"& 3 FLUTES."
}
midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
\key e \major
\time 12/8
\autoBeamOff
\partial 1 << {b'1\startTrillSpan\ff^"Picc."} \\ {r2 r8_"3 Fl." b16[ b] \tuplet 3/2 {b8[ b b]}} >>
\autoBeamOn
\appoggiatura {ais16 b cis} b8\staccato\stopTrillSpan_"and Picc." gis\staccato b\staccato
e\staccato cis8.\staccato b16\staccato
b8\staccato r8 b16\staccato b\staccato
b8\staccato b\staccato b\staccato
\appoggiatura {a16 b cis} b8\staccato gis\staccato b\staccato e\staccato cis8.\staccato b16\staccato cis2 \bar "|"
}
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indent = 2\cm
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/j/m/jm3yee2otmdc9rdq4w3eh8nhzka7o4r/jm3yee2o.png)
piccolo part at all, and often only a few isolated notes in an entire movement. One feels that he could almost dispense with the flute altogether, and I rather suspect that he had an antipathy to the instrument. He chiefly makes use of the higher register, writing right up to
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