On playing the flute / Johann Joachim Quantz ; translated with notes and an introduction by Edward R. Reilly.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2001Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xlvii 412 pages : illustrations (black and white), music, facsimiles (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571207800; 0571207804Other title: On playing the flute : the classic of Baroque music instruction [Cover title]Uniform titles: Versuch einer anweisung die flöte traversiere zu spielen. English. Subject(s): Flute -- Methods -- Early works to 1800 | Flute music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) -- Early works to 1800 | Musical accompaniment -- Early works to 1800DDC classification: 788.32193 LOC classification: MT342Summary: "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 most brilliant musical establishment in Germany; and his travels and studies in Italy, France and England gave him direct experience of most phases of European musical life in the 1720s and 30s. This reissue of the second edition provides a wonderfully complete and detailed picture of musical taste and performance practice in the 18th century, and includes a new introduction by Professor Reilly, drawing attention to recent research on Quantz. Whether you want to learn to play the flute and be taught by the teacher of Frederick the Great, or just to gain a first-hand insight into the history of classical music, On Playing the Flute is an essential and entertaining read" -- Provided by publisher.
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Second edition originally published: 1985.
First paperback edition published: 1976.
Originally published: 1966.
German edition originally published: Berlin: Johann Friedrich Voss, 1752.
"The first draft of the present translation was made from a microfilm of the first German edition (1752) of the Essay. Revisions were made with the aid of the subsequently published facsimile of the third German edition of 1789, which is identical textually with the first edition. Finally, the entire work was carefully compared with the French translation issued in Berlin simultaneously with the original German edition of 1752" --Preface to the translation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-394) and index.
"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 most brilliant musical establishment in Germany; and his travels and studies in Italy, France and England gave him direct experience of most phases of European musical life in the 1720s and 30s. This reissue of the second edition provides a wonderfully complete and detailed picture of musical taste and performance practice in the 18th century, and includes a new introduction by Professor Reilly, drawing attention to recent research on Quantz. Whether you want to learn to play the flute and be taught by the teacher of Frederick the Great, or just to gain a first-hand insight into the history of classical music, On Playing the Flute is an essential and entertaining read" -- Provided by publisher.
Translated from the German.
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