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List of compositions by Katherine Hoover Katherine Hoover focused her career as a contemporary classical music composer through her flute. Thus, the initial lists below are conveniently categorized by her compositions for flute. Subsequent lists classify her chamber music by instrumentation.
The modern definition of a flute choir is a recent development; likewise, the abundance of literature specifically written for the ensemble has grown alongside the ensemble itself. In the 1960s, flute choirs began to surface within colleges and communities.
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. Rampal popularised the flute in the post–World War II years, recovering flute compositions from the Baroque era, [1] and spurring contemporary composers, such as Francis Poulenc, to create new works that have become modern standards in the flautist's repertoire. [citation needed]
André Jolivet wrote his first Flute Concerto in 1949. It is scored for solo flute and strings [1] [2] and was premièred on 24 January 1950 by soloist Jean-Pierre Rampal. [3] Jolivet wrote a concerto for flute and percussion in 1965. [4]
Songs. Három Weöres-dal (Three Weöres Songs), voice and piano (1946–47) Négy lakodalmi tánc (Four Wedding Dances, adaptions of Hungarian folk songs), three voices or female choir (SMezA) and piano (1950) Öt Arany-dal (Five Arany Songs), voice and piano (1952) Der Sommer, voice and piano (1989)
The Fantaisie was commissioned by and dedicated to Paul Taffanel in 1898 for the "Concours de flute", a flute competition held by the Conservatoire de Paris. Taffanel, who took over a flute class in 1893, regularly commissioned new compositions for the annual competition, and over time amassed a whole repertoire of technically challenging pieces suitable for the Conservatoire's requirements ...
List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific composer who wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired works can be found within the categories of operas, piano concertos, piano sonatas, symphonies, string quartets, and string quintets. Mozart also wrote many violin sonatas; other forms ...
European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once.