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32%OFFJohann Joachim Quantz - On Playing the Flute - 9780571207800 - V9780571207800
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On Playing the Flute

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Description for On Playing the Flute Paperback. Provides a complete picture of musical taste and performance practice in the 18th century. This book offers a programme for training musicians of all types, with information on intonation, ornamentation, dynamics, the 'duties' of the various accompanying performers, including the leader of the orchestra, and principal forms and styles of the time. Translator(s): Reilly, Edward R. Num Pages: 464 pages, music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGC4; AVRN; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.

Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance practice. In spite of its title, it is not simply a tutor for the flute, but a fully-fledged programme for training musicians of all types, with detailed information on intonation, ornamentation, dynamics, the 'duties' of the various accompanying performers, including the leader of the orchestra, and the principal forms and styles (French, Italian and German) of the time. Although Quantz is most often identified as the teacher of Frederick the Great, his musical roots were in Dresden, the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571207800
SKU
V9780571207800
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About Johann Joachim Quantz
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773), son of a blacksmith, enjoyed a long and successful career as a flautist, virtuoso soloist, orchestral performer, composer, teacher, writer, flute maker, and tutor and Royal Prussian Chamber Musician to Frederick the Great.

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