Dear Early Flute Group Members, I wanted to tell you of a summer workshop opportunity. If you're interested in experiencing something a little different...
Hello All, I have been enjoying on youtube this wonderful video of Les Musiciens du Louvre performing Les BorŽades: Gavottes pour les Heures et les ZŽphirs...
Be careful in choosing a piccolo for Rameau as you need it to speak up in the high end. sorry for this bad computer spelling I am in Prague in a small pension ...
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Philippe. We will leave Prague on the night bus tonight for Zurich and be there at least one night maybe more and will be in touch as to when to journey to see...
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Following on from the indexes I published for the Laborde and Mellon chansonniers I have added two further pages this time for Wolfenbüttel and Copenhagen....
Hi John The piccolo players on this video are Serge Saïtta and Amélie Michel; I don't think they play Winnen piccolos since the performance is at 392 and...
Dear John, I have a piccolo made by Rod Cameron which plays at 392, 415, and 430. It's a fantastic little flute and is great for Rameau which is mostly...
From what I know, the Winnen is like a mini Kuijken's G.A.Rottenburgh. I think the original is at the Brussels Museum. A perfect one for A:415Hz. Long time ago...
... As far as I know there is no digital facsimile of the Dijon on the web. Otherwise I would be only too happy to add it. I think that with these four I've...
Hi all, Yes I was lucky to receive a piccolo from Jean-Francois in the late 1970's. I'll be playing it for an upcoming production of Rameau's Pygmalion in...
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Hi Jim, Many editions with the titles spread over several languages. Here's the transcription of the Winterthur edition: Heldenmusik = Heroic music ; 12...
Hello All, I have been in contact with AmŽlie Michel and Serge Saitta the piccolo players on the youtube video I sent with thanks to Philippe Allain-DuprŽ. ...
Dear flute experts, I have a question regarding Hotteterre flute suite number 2 Op.5. I've uploaded the scan of Prelude and Allemande to this group's file ...
The vivement section is imitative (sort of a loose 2 part invention) and has 'leaps'; I play the eighths equal & sixteenth very slightly inegal. the 'slow'...
Hi Michael, Here's a set of "rules" Shelley Gruskin passed on to me in the late 1970s from some French dance books. --In C and Cut time, semiquavers are...
Hi Mitchell (sorry!), Here's a set of "rules" Shelley Gruskin passed on to me in the late 1970s from some French dance books. --In C and Cut time, semiquavers...
Mitchell> I suggest you invest in a recording of the Hotteterre Suites. It's very hard to explain the French agreements without hearing them. Bart Kuijken has...
Hi Mitchell and all In prelude vivement, eighth notes can not be inegales since they are mixed with 16th notes. Inegality means a good note and a bad note....
Dear Paul, both James and Philippe, Thank you for your comments. You've convinced me that eighth notes are equal in these pieces. I've also realized that I...
I'm very slow and can't play Quantz's fast movements at even half his recommended speeds. ( I blame this on starting playing seriously only relatively late in...
I try to approximate his recommended tempi as closely as is possible while still maintaining as much musicality as I can muster. If they sound frantic,...
