Dear Susan, Generally, I wouldn't slur anything that isn't marked with a slur. The exceptions would be groups of 32nd notes in fast movements. 16th note runs...
... Perfoming in baroque transverse is really different than modern flutes. (I found more legatos and strengh in the lower register, in antique instruments). ...
Dear Susan, Keep in mind as well that period treatises (pre-1760 or so) generally discuss articulation-sometimes in great detail, with little or no mention of...
The Giedde Collection has some great digital stuff up at http://www.flauto-dolce.it/crl.php including the Quantz "Concerto à Flauto Traverso obligato":...
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Good point, Colin! Even the fair copy in Bach's own hand of the b minor sonata has 'erratic' slurring. What to make of it? Jed ... Good point, Colin! Even the...
I'ts possible than Bach -and the barroque composers in general- search this kind of heterophony with diferent slures in diferent voices playing the same notes....
Thanks very much to Mitchell, Roberto, Colin and Jed for chiming in on this topic. ... Keep in mind as well that period treatises (pre-1760 or so) generally...
Good Afternoon All, I have purchase for my son a hand written manuscript dated 24 February 1817. 3 Duos concertants pour deux flutes par H. Koehler Can anyone...
Jeffrey, Probably E. Kohler (or Koehler or 'o' with an umlaut). The E. is for Ernesto. http://www.oldflutes.com/krazykat/kohpage.htm Good luck! Sounds like a...
Hi Jeffrey, The composer in question is Gottlieb Heinrich K (1765-1833), who appears on title pages as Henri, Enrico, or H. Despite over 5 pages of entries in...
Ardal, Thanks for the reply. That is what I was hoping. I've emailed you the title page. Any insight you have would be greatly appreciated. It is hand written....
Dear Susan, Â Have you looked at "Free Ornamentation in Woodwind Music, 1700-1775" by Betty Bang Mather and David Lasocki? There are a number of Telemann...
Dear Philippe; Could we have a bit more context? I can imagine several possibilities, such as "threads of sound" or "spun sound" or "spinning sound", none of...
Eric
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Dear Eric The words appears for the first time about Blavet: D'Aquin de Château-Lyon Pierre Louis (1720-1796), Lettres sur les hommes célèbres dans les...
Philippe: The Italian for it is Messa di voce. Me: Are you sure? Certainly by the time of the C19 singing tutors, messa di voce and sons filés were describing...
Dear Philippe; Hmm. I have forwarded your query to my friend Anne Azéma. I would not have expected "messa di voce" - perhaps as a native French speaker with...
Eric
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Hi Jonathan You are right that the term son filé in 18th century is ambigous. But I doubt that Blavet was famous only for sustaining a steady sound : see...
Hi Philippe and Everyone, I just received this link from a violinist friend in France. Hope it helps. Jim http://beststudentviolins.com/terms.html Common...
Hello Philippe, Interestingly, Colin de Blamont marks *filer*, in his cantates, on long notes in both vocal and flute parts (see, for example, *Le Charme de la...
Dear Philippe, For a simple English translation in this context, how about "sounds most beautifully attenuated"? It would imply a sustained and gradual...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Hi Jed, Mary, Paul, James, Eric, Jonathan and All thanks for your many answers. yes, it seems that sons filés has two opposite meanings : Dolmetsch...
doesn´t it just mean "with feeling" ? Eva ... FluteFairy restoration & repair of vintage flutes Scottish / Cape Breton Music - Fiddle, Flute & Feet - Eva...
Can anyone tell me what L'angelique might refer to as an expression marking? The movement is titled Allemande, but below that it is marked L'angelique. Thanks...
Literaly it translates as "the angelical", which is of course self-explanatory. Another possibility is that the piece is somehow related with some Mme or...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those called 'Character Pieces'? The only one I know (for sure) is 'La Cascade de St Cloud'; if you search youtube, you...
Some time ago I published an online facsimile of the 1711 volume 3 of Ballard's Brunetes ou petits airs tendres at http://www.cowderoy.net/brunetes/index.html ...
