On Playing the Flute

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UPNE, 2001 - 412 Seiten

Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing Flute has long been recognized as one of the most significant and in-depth treatises on eighteenth-century musical thought, performance practice, and style. This classic text of Baroque music instruction goes far beyond an introduction to flute methods by offering a comprehensive program of studies that is equally applicable to other instruments and singers.

The work is comprised of three interrelated essays that examine the education of the solo musician, the art of accompaniment, and forms and style. Quantz provides detailed treatment of a wide range of subjects, including phrasing, ornamentation, accent, intensity, tuning, cadenzas, the role of the concertmaster, stage deportment, and techniques for playing dance movements. Of special interest is a table that relates various tempos to the speed of the pulse, which will help today's musicians solve the challenge of playing authentic performance tempos in Baroque music. This edition includes 224 musical examples from Quantz's original text and features a new introduction by translator Edward R. Reilly that considers recent scholarship on Quantz's significant role in eighteenth-century musical activity.

On Playing the Flute vividly conveys the constancy of musical life over time and remains a valuable guide for contemporary musicians.

 

Inhalt

INTRODUCTION page
ix
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION
xxxv
PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION
xliii
DEDICATION
3
INTRODUCTION Of the Qualities Required of Those
11
Short History and Description of the Transverse Flute
29
Of Holding the Flute and Placing the Fingers
36
Of the Embouchure
49
Of Good Execution in General in Singing and Playing
119
Of the Manner of Playing the Allegro
129
What a Flautist Must Observe if he Plays in Public
196
Of the Duties of Those Who Accompany or Execute
205
How a Musician and a Musical Composition Are to
295
BIBLIOGRAPHY
345
APPENDIX
354
BIBLIOGRAPHY II
377

Signs
60
Of the Use of the Tongue in Blowing upon the Flute
71
Of Taking Breath in the Practice of the Flute
87

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