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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.
From the start, I can guarantee you that learning to improvise will give you a genuine opportunity to free and liberate yourself. However, learning how to improvise can be a daunting task, and it immediately raises the question, “Where do I begin?”
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…
Sound is an acoustic phenomenon, i.e. audible to the ear, produced by the periodic vibrations of an elastic body. Which is the elastic body that produces the sound in a violin or a guitar is easy to say: the strings that compose them are stressed by the performers. How is the sound produced instead in the instrument?
What is the…
In 1981, 5 letters of Theobald Böhm to Wilhelm Popp appeared in Sweden by the aid of my research ad in a music journal, which are today in the Munich Municipal Archives, Estate Theobald Böhm I. In his letter of 5th February 1865, Theobald Böhm discussed in detail the open and closed G sharp key (original in German).
The 5th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute will take place from Monday 7 March to Wednesday 10 March 2022 in the Kleiner Konzertsaal of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in the Arcisstraße 12. The entrance to the competition and to the winner’s concert on 10 March 2022 at 18.00 is free.
di Vilma Campitelli Anna Bon, virtuosa, cantante e compositrice veneziana del XVIII secolo. Un raro esempio di professionista alle corti Europee del ‘700.Compone pagine per flauto, per voce e per clavicembalo piene di quello spirito fresco e giovane in grado di anticipare stili e tempi. La sua unica biografia si evince dai frontespizi e dalle dediche apposte nelle tre…
di Marco Felicioni Il fascino e l’importanza del flauto sono ben conosciuti e apprezzati in molte culture. È risaputo che questo strumento è associato ad alcune delle più importanti divinità e non sarebbe divenuto e nominato “flauto magico” senza la lunga storia di credenze e leggende. Proprio in Europa, uno dei flauti più rappresentativi prende il nome dal dio…
The ancient Greeks thought music was of divine origin. The gods and Muses were connected with music, and some even invented musical instruments: the lyre by Hermes or Apollo, the simple flute by Athene, the shepherd’s flute by Pan.
Tango is a cultural manifestation that was generated and developed in the popular sphere and as such it was developing its own tools.
The flute is a foundational instrument and we find it as an almost indispensable instrument in the origins, at the end of the 19th century during the period called the “old guard”.
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