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The flute and flute-playing in acoustical, technical, and artistic aspects / Theobald Boehm ; originally published in German in 1871 ; translated and annotated by Dayton C. Miller.

By: Böhm, Theobald, 1794-1881 [author.].
Contributor(s): Miller, Dayton Clarence, 1866-1941 [translator.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cleveland : Dayton C. Miller, 1922Copyright date: ©1922Edition: Second English edition, revised and enlarged.Description: xxvii, 197 pages : includes frontispiece, illustrations (including facsimiles, music) portraits, tables, diagrams ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Flute -- Studies and exercises | Flute -- Construction | Flute -- Instruction and study | Flute-playersDDC classification: 788.3
Contents:
Part 1: The flute -- The acoustical proportions of the flute -- Explanation of the schema -- The material -- The system of fingering -- Tables of fingering -- Description of the key mechanism -- Care of the mechanism -- Treatment of the flute in general -- On the blowing of new flutes -- The embouchure -- The bass flute in G -- Part II: Flute-playing -- The development of tone -- Finger exercises -- The method of practicing -- Musical interpretation.
Holdings
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General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 788.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00168612
Total holds: 0

List of Boehm's compositions": (pages 181-188)

Bibliography: (page 189) and index

Part 1: The flute -- The acoustical proportions of the flute -- Explanation of the schema -- The material -- The system of fingering -- Tables of fingering -- Description of the key mechanism -- Care of the mechanism -- Treatment of the flute in general -- On the blowing of new flutes -- The embouchure -- The bass flute in G -- Part II: Flute-playing -- The development of tone -- Finger exercises -- The method of practicing -- Musical interpretation.

Dr. Geoffrey Spratt Collection.