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Dear flutists! The new 9th edition is out! In this issue, we are pleased to present 20 new articles! 4 new authors have joined us! We hope you realize how much new material has been written and how much valuable knowledge has been shared over these two years thanks to The Babel Flute and all 74 contributors from 27…
di Mirella Pantano L’importanza del silenzio nella musica Si dice che se non ci fosse il buio non apprezzeremmo la luce, che l’amore non sarebbe così bello senza l’indifferenza, che la pioggia ci fa godere appieno del sole che torna a splendere, quindi non capiremo la bellezza della musica se essa non fosse permeata di momenti di vuoto? cosa…
by Ludwig Böhm, great-great-grandson ***We continue the publication of a series of articles by Ludwig Böhm from“Commemorative Writing on the occasion of Theobald Böhm’s 200th Birthday, Munich 1994”, gradually approaching the celebration of Theobald Böhm’s 230th birthday in 2024. Professional career as a composer At the age of 24 (1818), he started his education as a composer with practical lessons…
Emanuel Flute. Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson by Yulia Berry The voice of the flute, like the voice of the human who created it, can sound in different intonations: joyful and sad, enthusiastic and tragic, inspired and overwhelmingly mournful, sublime and passionate. It can express the whole gamut of human emotions and experiences. Sound,…
Nurturing resilient, pain-free, and confident musicians by Lea Pearson INTRODUCTION It’s no secret that we are in a time of rapid change. The Covid pandemic, along with social movements empowering marginalized communities (BIPOC & AAPI folk, women, LGBTQIA+, #MeToo, the neuro-divergent and disabled, and more) have overturned the landscape of musical traditions. These communities have always been essential in…
by Laura Chislett In 2022 I had the opportunity to travel solo to Europe which I hadn’t done for many a year. I visited some of the places where I had lived, worked or studied years before. A highlight was visiting Lucerne, during Festival time, where I caught up with Phoebe Bognar, who was playing in the Lucerne Festival…
di Marco Gaudino Il passaggio corretto dai suoni medio-alti a quelli acuti nel flauto non deve avvenire con tensioni esclusive focalizzate sulle labbra. Esso deve avvenire attraverso il sapiente uso del muscolo vocale detto “cricotiroideo”. Questo allunga le corde vocali, aumentando la velocità del flusso aereo in uscita dai polmoni e transitante per la glottide. Per glottide si definisce…
by Stefan Keller Curiosity – Versatility – Authenticity The Swiss professor for flute, traverso, expert in didactics, specialist for dynamic integration (Dynintegra) Eva Amsler lives a fulfilled life as a musician in many facets for and with the flute: old music on modern instruments; new music with electronics; mental training and stage fright; music and art in a broader…
Tracing a flutist’s unfolding practices and transitions By Dr Jean Penny Winding down through the Otway Ranges in southern Victoria, Australia, through steep hills and lush rainforest, the first glimpse of the sea, whether azure blue, green or purple grey, is always stunningly beautiful. It entices one immediately into the littoral zone, to the convergences of land and sea,…
by Jan Karman How it started One of my most favorite melodies of Bach, that I play on my flute, is his Alto Aria from Cantate BWV 170, “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust”. Transcribed for his Oboe Concerto, it is written in D major, with this passage, going down to B. How would I ever be able to play this…
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