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The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers

The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers

by NancyToff (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

    $15.46
Synopsis

This work provides an introduction to the the flute, its performance and its repertoire. The book offers detailed information on choosing and caring for a flute, all aspects of performance and the history of the flute and its literature. This second edition includes a revised and updated repertoire catalogue, including both solo and chamber works, and appendices listing flute manufacturers, repair shops, sources for flute music, flute clubs and organizations.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 520
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 20 Mar 1997
ISBN 10: 0195105028
ISBN 13: 9780195105025

Media Reviews
The veritable vade mecum for that instrument. --Ovation.
Absolutely indispensable to everyone connected with the flute and flute playing, from the professional to every public school teacher. --The School Musician.
A landmark in the literature of the flute and a must for both professional and amateur flutist alike. --Pan.
The last section, which includes the orchestration and publishing information of flute literature from the Baroque to the present, is worth its weight in gold--not only for the flutist, but for the music librarian as well. --Library Journal.
An indispensable source book for flutists on every level. --IThe Radcliffe Quarterly.
Toff's scholarship was impressive in The Development of the Modern Flute, and her latest effort reflects the same meticulous approach....a wealth of information about a fascinating instrument. Choice.


The veritable vade mecum for that instrument. --Ovation.
Absolutely indispensable to everyone connected with the flute and flute playing, from the professional to every public school teacher. --The School Musician.
A landmark in the literature of the flute and a must for both professional and amateur flutist alike. --Pan.
The last section, which includes the orchestration and publishing information of flute literature from the Baroque to the present, is worth its weight in gold--not only for the flutist, but for the music librarian as well. --Library Journal.
An indispensable source book for flutists on every level. --IThe Radcliffe Quarterly.
Toff's scholarship was impressive in The Development of the Modern Flute, and her latest effort reflects the same meticulous approach....a wealth of information about a fascinating instrument. Choice.

The veritable vade mecum for that instrument. --Ovation.
Absolutely indispensable to everyone connected with the flute and flute playing, from the professional to every public school teacher. --The School Musician.
A landmark in the literature of the flute and a must for both professional and amateur flutist alike. --Pan.
The last section, which includes the orchestration and publishing information of flute literature from the Baroque to the present, is worth its weight in gold--not only for the flutist, but for the music librarian as well. --Library Journal.
An indispensable source book for flutists on every level. --IThe Radcliffe Quarterly.
Toff's scholarship was impressive in The Development of the Modern Flute, and her latest effort reflects the same meticulous approach....a wealth of information about a fascinating instrument. Choice.


The veritable vade mecum for that instrument. --Ovation.


Absolutely indispensable to everyone connected with the flute and flute playing, from the professional to every public school teacher. --The School Musician.


A landmark in the literature of the flute and a must for both professional and amateur flutist alike. --Pan.


The last section, which includes the orchestration and publishing information of flute literature from the Baroque to the present, is worth its weight in gold--not only for the flutist, but for the music librarian as well. --Library Journal.


An indispensable source book for flutists on every level. --IThe Radcliffe Quarterly.


Toff's scholarship was impressive in The Development of the Modern Flute, and her latest effort reflects the same meticulous approach....a wealth of information about a fascinating instrument. Choice.


Author Bio

Nancy Toff is the author of The Development of the Modern Flute and Georges Barrere and the Flute in America. Highly respected as a writer, researcher, and lecturer, she has been a consultant to the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection in the Library of Congress and the Department of Musical Instruments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A former president of the New York Flute Club, she studied flute with Arthur Lora and James Pappoutsakis.