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Syrinx, L. 129, is a piece of music for solo flute which Claude Debussy wrote in 1913. It generally takes three minutes or less to perform. It was the first significant piece for solo flute after the Sonata in A minor composed by C. P. E. Bach over 150 years before (1747 [1]), and it is the first such solo composition for the modern Böhm flute, developed in 1847.
This is a list of notable compositions for the flute (particularly the Western concert flute). Flute alone. C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in A minor (1763) J.S. Bach:
Flute octet. Music Orlando di Lasso, with new music & arrangement by composer. Three for Eight (1996) [48] fl/picc 2-6fl[C] afl USCO [49] WorldCat [50] (00:08:15) Flute ensemble. Commissioned by and dedicated to the New York Flute Club [51] and the Long Island Flute Club. [52] Premiered at the NFA convention, 1996. Movements: Dunes; Sandpipers ...
Music for Flute, Strings, and Percussion is a piece written by Sofia Gubaidulina in 1994 dedicated to Pierre-Yves Artaud. The instruments are divided into two sections, one of which is tuned a quarter-tone lower than the other. [1] Gubaidulina (2001) describes, "in this way the potential of treating both halves as 'light' and 'shadow' emerges."
In music, duration is an amount of time or how long or short a note, phrase, section, or composition lasts. " Duration is the length of time a pitch, or tone, is sounded." [ 1 ] A note may last less than a second, while a symphony may last more than an hour.
The bass flute is an octave lower than the concert flute, and the contrabass flute is an octave lower than the bass flute. Less commonly seen flutes include the treble flute in G, pitched one octave higher than the alto flute; soprano flute, between the treble and concert; and tenor flute or flûte d'amour in B ♭ , A or A ♭ [ citation ...
The Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283, is a composition for solo flute and orchestra by the composer Carl Reinecke. The work was composed in 1908 and was Reinecke's last concerto before his death. It was first performed on 15 March 1909 in Leipzig by the flutist Maximilian Schwedler, to whom the piece is dedicated. [1]
For example, the year cannot be divided into twelve 28-day months since 12 times 28 is 336, well short of 365. The lunar month (as defined by the moon's rotation) is not 28 days but 28.3 days. The year, defined in the Gregorian calendar as 365.2425 days has to be adjusted with leap days and leap seconds. Consequently, these units are now all ...