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  2. Flute - Wikipedia

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    The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air.. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an ope

  3. List of compositions for flute - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven: . Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major, Op. 25; Trio for piano, flute, and bassoon in G major, WoO 37; Pierre Boulez: …explosante-fixe…, various configurations with flute and other instruments (1971–72, 1973–74, 1985, 1991–93)

  4. Boehm system - Wikipedia

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    The instrument was adopted for the performance of orchestral and chamber music, opera and theater, wind ensembles (e.g., military and civic bands), and most other music which might be loosely described as relating to "Western classical music" (including, for example, jazz). Many further refinements have been made, and countless design ...

  5. Flute Concerto No. 1 (Jolivet) - Wikipedia

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    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] The work lasts about 13 minutes. [3] It is now part of the standard flute repertoire and several prominent flautists have recorded it.

  6. Sheet music - Wikipedia

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    Sheet music can be used as a record of, a guide to, or a means to perform, a song or piece of music. Sheet music enables instrumental performers who are able to read music notation (a pianist, orchestral instrument players, a jazz band, etc.) or singers to perform a song or piece. Music students use sheet music to learn about different styles ...

  7. The Magic Flute - Wikipedia

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    The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, pronounced [diː ˈtsaʊbɐˌfløːtə] ⓘ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel , a popular form during the time it was written that included both singing and spoken dialogue.

  8. List of online digital musical document libraries - Wikipedia

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    Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music Collection: 19th-century, 20th-century, American, blues, foxtrots, Irving Berlin, minstrel songs, movie music, popular music, rags, show tunes, war songs: 5,000 Sheet music for popular tunes dating as far back as 1865. Items are scanned at 600 dpi and saved as a TIFF files. Mississippi State University

  9. Alto flute - Wikipedia

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    While there is no exact date that the alto flute was created, large flutes have existed for several hundred years. [1] Some problems with early alto flute design included the long length of the tube, troublesome cross fingerings, inconsistent intonation, finger holes that were too wide across, and how far one’s arm had to be stretched in order to reach the finger holes, particularly in the ...