The Virtuoso Flute-Player

by Johann George Tromlitz

Book Overview

This is an English translation of Tutor for Playing the Flute (1791) by Johann George Tromlitz. The most explicit of the eighteenth-century tutors for flute-playing, it now serves as a record of instrumental practice as well as a useful guide to the performance of German classical music. The Tutor covers all aspects of flute playing, including intonation, articulation, flute maintenance, posture and breathing, dynamics, ornaments, musical style, cadenzas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521399777
• ISBN13: 9780521399777
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"