The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers

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Author: Nancy Toff

ISBN-10: 0195105028

ISBN-13: 9780195105025

Category: Music Reference

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Teachers and flutists at all levels will welcome the return of Nancy Toff's unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music. Organized into four main parts—The Instrument, Performance, The Music, and Repertoire Catalog—the book begins with a description of the instrument and its making, offers information on choosing and caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute, and discusses differences between members of the flute family. In the Performance section, readers learn about breathing, tone, vibrato, articulation, technique, style, performing, and recording. In the extensive analysis of flute literature that follows, Toff places individual pieces in historical context. The book ends with a comprehensive catalog of solo and chamber repertoire, and includes appendices with fingering charts as well as lists of current flute manufacturers, repair shops, sources for flute music and books, and flute clubs and related organizations worldwide.

FiguresPlatesTechnology Used in This BookPreface to the Second EditionPrefaceAcknowledgments1The Flute Today32How to Choose an Instrument143Care and Maintenance of the Flute314A Brief History of the Flute425The Flute Family636Breathing817Tone898Vibrato1069Articulation11610Technique12411Style14212Performance16113Recordings17814The Baroque Era18715The Classic Era21616The Romantic Era24117The Modern Era255App. AFingering Chart for the Boehm Flute451App. BFlute Manufacturers458App. CRepair Shops463App. DSources for Music and Books466App. EUseful Periodicals468App. FFlute Clubs and Related Organizations470Selected Bibliography477Index481