The Development of the Modern Flute

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Taplinger Publishing Company, 1979 - Music - 268 pages
This is the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the flute, today's most popular woodwind. Nancy Toff, herself a dedicated flutist, follows the development of the modern flute from Boehm's day to the present with a special emphasis on twentieth-century models, dealing in depth with each change in design and its concomitant effect on performance practice. Includes more than 150 illustrations/photographs of each important advance in the design of the flute with corresponding mechanical diagrams.

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The Flute Before Boehm
11
THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
29
NOTES
35
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