The Inventor of the Bb thumb lever on the Böhm flute: Theobald Böhm or Giulio Briccialdi?

by Ludwig Böhm ***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. The year 2021 marks the 140th anniversary from the death of two outstanding flutists and innovators. On this occasion, I would like…

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Дарите надежду и верьте в чудеса!

Марина Волкова Вы наверно будете смеяться, но дети, которых мы не выбираем и которых приводят к нам со словами: «Мы не знаем, что с ними делать» – это идеальный вариант для создания намека на авторскую методику. Потому что сказать что-то действительно новое и уж тем более оригинальное на фоне отличных и вместе с тем удивительно простых разработок Marcel Moyse,…

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Ejercicios creativos

por Omar Acosta Quiero compartir con todos una de las rutinas de estudio que utilizo diariamente, tanto para mí como para mis alumnos. Consiste en crear nuestros propios ejercicios de flauta; de esta manera, además de desarrollar la técnica desarrollamos la creatividad, la cual, tal vez, sea el área musical más importante y muchas veces también la más descuidada….

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II Edition

Dear flutists,We would like to introduce the Second Edition of The Babel Flute and thank all contributors who offered their unique research and knowledge to our flute community and made this edition very exciting! II EDITION ▪︎ In this Edition we are celebrating a 30 year anniversary of Emanuel Flutes. Sofia V de Salis met with Emanuel Arista in…

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Psicocinestesia nel flauto traverso

In my years of experience in Flute Didactics I was able to see that learning to express oneself musically requires both physical and psychic maturity, which can be reached with a didactic and psycho-kinesthetic study approach. The development of this musical awareness cannot ignore the acquisition, control and understanding, therefore of the basic elements of physiology and psychology that…

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Эрнесто Кёлер – Жемчужина Севера

Ernesto Köhler’s music – filled with light and romanticism, demonstrating all the possibilities of the flute, revealing the timbre richness of this beautiful instrument, sounds to this day, and on the banks of the Neva, in St. Petersburg, and in other cities, not only Russian and European, but also in others continents – Australia and America.

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