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Dear flutists, We are introducing a new holiday edition of The Babel Flute! We are pleased to announce that our magazine is now being read in 206 countries around the world! We have 4 new authors and 1 more country (Ecuador) in this edition, which makes it total of 61 authors from 24 countries! On November 21, we launched…
By Melissa Keeling INTRODUCTION I will never forget the first time I heard my flute through effects pedals (the “electric flute”). Though I didn’t realize it at the time, that day was the beginning of a beautiful journey of creativity, exploration, and finding joy in my music-making. Without effects, I’m not sure I would still be playing the flute…
by Laura Chislett Have you ever sat on a plane for nearly 8 hours then got back on board for another 13 hours? That’s how long it took me to get from Sydney to Rome via Singapore. After that investment of time Australians usually stay for a longish period at their destination before having to do the whole trip…
by Mirella Pantano L’atto esecutivo nella performance musicale-strumentale costituisce l’argomento di questo mio nuovo articolo, questo perché mi sono resa conto, nei miei anni di insegnamento e professionali, che nel percorso dello studente esso è un aspetto ignorato, si lavora sulla tecnica, sull’interpretazione, su tutto ciò che concerne la musica, ma non su come si suona in pubblico e…
by The Babel Flute Congratulations to the Colegio Santa Maria Marinistas (Peru) students for participating in and winning the Best Critical Essay Contest, organized, sponsored and held in November of 2022 by The Babel Flute, International Flute Magazine & Community. The article of this contest was “The transverse flute in Afro-Peruvian music” by Manuel Domingo Carranza Cueto The aim…
Michelle Barraclough with Joshua Lyon, Carmela Steyaert, and Grace Young At the end of the Fall 2021 semester, I encouraged my college flute students to consider learning a piece by an underrepresented composer (female and/or a person of color). Previously, works by these composers were not frequently included in traditional concert programming. Happily, this is changing. I provided a…
di Vilma Campitelli Abstract Pianista, compositrice, direttrice d’orchestra di Rio de Janeiro. Ha affrontato pregiudizi e tabù della società schiava patriarcale brasiliana, è stata leader per la difesa del diritto d’autore, antesignana delle tipiche danze carnevalesche, ha tracciato un nuovo percorso alla storia della musica. Figlia di una schiava libera di colore, ha appoggiato la proclamazione della Repubblica, è…
Por Montserrat Gascón Photo: Flauta de ocho llaves construida por Claude Laurent en 1839. Fotografía: Museu de la Música de Barcelona Desde el último tercio del siglo XVIII, los instrumentos de viento experimentaron en Europa una progresiva transformación debido a la nueva tecnología derivada de la Revolución Industrial. En Francia, este proceso comenzó más tarde y las modificaciones en la…
di Marco Gaudino Nello staccato negli strumenti a fiato, ossia nella produzione dei suoni non legati tra loro, la cosa più importante da sottolineare è che esso non va eseguito attraverso l’aria residua che si trova nella bocca dello strumentista, quando lo stesso cerca di articolarlo attraverso le sillabe tu per quello semplice, tu-cu per quello doppio e tu-cu-tu…
Pan and Syrinx, Pierre Mignard, c.1686-1690. Автор: Марина Вологдина Древнегреческая легенда повествует о происхождении флейты Пана – одной из старейших разновидностей флейт. Когда бог лесов и полей, покровитель пастухов Пан, сын Гермеса, появился на свет, даже его родная мама, увидев своего младенца, пришла в ужас – столь пугающей была его внешность: рога на голове, копыта на ногах, а тело…
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