Hi, At the NFA flute convention, I thumbed through the following book, but didn't purchase it because I was not familiar with the author and was not...
Greetings to all, A colleague in Israel wishes to sell a old Kohlert flute. We know very little about the instrument, how much it is worth, and how to find a ...
Genevieve, Kohlert flutes do not really fit in with 'early flutes', maybe that's why you haven't had a response up until now. I can't help you with a buyer but...
Hello All, A while back there was a flurry of messages here at the forum about pitch, and I can't resist adding my own- albeit rather late- two- cents worth on...
Dear Luc, Thank you very much for your response. In fact quite a few people have contributed their opinion and their expertise from their private e-mail...
Hola. Mi nombre es Toni y os invito a visitar mi nueva web y a participar en sus foros: http://www.flauto-traverso.com Saludos, Toni Pons ... Hello. My name is...
Two questions: 1) How should one go about playing in a new flute with several 'corps de rechange', given that the head joint, foot joint and lower-middle joint...
Hello group Im David from Scotland and play early simple system flutes from the 1900s my band plays Hawkes and son Crown a z model flutes. We use b fat, e flat...
Hello everybody im David new member from Scotland i posted the other day but dont think it came through. I play in a corps of drum band in Liverpool we use old...
Hi. I'm looking for the aria "Sol da te mio dolce amore" from Orlando Furioso by Vivaldi. Has somebody the score? Thanks in advance for your help. Greetings, ...
Greetings! I play Renaissance and baroque flute, after studying modern flute for many years and taking a side trip into Irish flute. I'm working on an...
Thank you for your response to my post, this is for an article for Flutist Quarterly. While the article will focus on U.S. groups, I want to spotlight as many...
Welcome Marco. I enjoyed your website! Beth Owen In a message dated 10/2/2005 9:25:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, marco.brolli@... writes: Hi group, my...
Hello Marco, That is a very nice website, thanks for the link! I was wondering what CD the beautiful b minor Telemann concerto in your sound-bite section is...
Hi Marco I am sorry but there is a huge lapse on your web page : A Contralto is a low female voice, or in Early Music a falsetto or castrato voice. But Quantz...
Dear Philippe, This is a brilliant point (you always have something interesting to say, you know!), I shall ponder it awhile...but are we sure that the voices...
Dear Jed Thanks for the compliment, I simply try to share my French point of view, and I am sure that Quantz was thinking of a French male singer, or a German...
Hi Jed, I'm very happy you enjoy my website. Concerning b minor Telemann recording you're right: this first movement find on CD "Musica Barocca" by Il Giardino...
Hi Philippe, thanks for your underlining of the terms "contralto" and "haute- contre", but I'd like to specify that - first of all - the Italian and English...
Hello Marco and All, Male contraltists and sopranists were not only an Italian phenomenon but an essential and distinctive part of the "art world" (in Becker's...
Hi Marco Of course you are not responsible of the mistakes of other translators, but you are not obliged to copy them! Again, the word used by Quantz is...
... Anyone familiar with the singing of Jeffrey Gall? He is the only countertenor I know of who does just that - his seamless knitting of lower notes in chest...
Hi chest voice discussion group. Now I have understood that Quantz had in mind a male voice, thanks Ardall: I'll read the dissertation by Oleskiewicz. Dear...
Hi Ardal ... I wouldn't naturally think of the 19th century flute-sound ideal as "bird-like" (might depend on which particular bird one has in mind!). Morris...
Dear Marco Sorry if I was too "picky" with you. This discussion was very interesting for me, since I knew only the French word of Quantz to describe the flute...
