Story of the Flute
Mozart, his piccolo passages, 136
———his dislike of the flute, 135
———his favorite flautist, 135
Music for flute by classical composers, 102
Names given to favourite flutes, 191n.
"Nay," the, 6
Nebuchadnezzar's flute, 10, 237, 270
Needham, V. L., 215
Needle-springs, 66
Negri, 219
Nicholson, Charles, 208
Nicholson, Henry, 211
Nolan's ring-key, 45
North American Indian flutes, 268
Nose-flutes, 266
Number of flutes used increased, 160
Obligatos for the flute, 113
———in Lucia de Lammermoor, 152
———in Bach, 119
———in Handel, 124, 127
———for two flutes, 151
"Oh, ruddier than the Cherry," 124
One-armed flautists, 259
Open keys, 44
Orchestra, early examples of the flute in, 115
Organ and flute, 127
Origin of the flute, 4
Origin of the name "flute," 2
Ornamented flutes, 254
Osiris, the Egyptian God, 4
Osterle, Otto, 229
Paggi, Miss, 223
Paintings, the flute in, 33, 189n.
Penville, Miss, 223
Perforated keys, 56
Petersen, Miss, 222
Philbert, 34, 193
"Photinx," the, 6
Piccolo, the, 80
———as a solo instrument, 85
———Berlioz's remarks on, 81
———characteristics of, 8
———early examples of its use, 81
———military varieties, 85
———in D♭ used, 84
———two used, 81-84, 132, 136, 147, 149, 165, 169, 170
———three used, 84
———use by great composers, 82
———in Bach, 121
——————Beethoven, 82, 142
——————Berlioz, 82-85, 163
——————Dvořák, 83, 165
——————Gluck, 131
——————Grieg, 165
——————Handel, 125
——————Mendelssohn, 158
——————Meyerbeer, 148
——————Mozart, 136
——————Rossini, 153
——————Schubert, 159
——————Schumann, 82, 85, 160
——————Spohr, 84, 85
——————Strauss, 177
——————Sullivan, 82, 168
——————Tschaïkowsky, 176
——————Wagner, 83, 172
——————Weber, 81, 147
———in chamber music, 184
———with cymbals, etc., 84
"Plagiaulos," the, 12
Polynesian flutes, 266
Popularity of the flute, 10, 94
——————recorder, 19
Pottgiesser, 44
Pratten, 210
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