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3 days ago · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]—died December 5, 1791, Vienna) was an Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. With Haydn and Beethoven he brought to its height the achievement of the Viennese Classical school.
- Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) was an Austrian composer. Mozart composed music in several genres, including opera and symphony. His most famous...
- How old was Mozart when he began playing music?Mozart was a child prodigy. His father—a talented violinist—taught him basic notes on the harpsichord. Mozart composed his first piece of music in...
- What are Mozart’s most famous compositions?Mozart wrote in all the popular genres of his time, and he excelled in every one. He wrote several successful operas, including The Marriage of Fig...
- What did Mozart contribute to Western music?Mozart was not a revolutionary musician. He rarely experimented with musical form, and he often recycled successful structural formulations in his...
2 days ago · A recorder is a type of flute. An internal duct flute according to wikipedia. In Dutch it’s called blokfluit (block flute, because it is a flute with a block inside).
5 days ago · Baroque flutes. The baroque flute became known in England and Germany in the early 18th century. A few professional wind players including J.J. Quantz began to specialize in playing it in opera scores and public concert, and to write pieces for the instrument. In France a handful of professional flutists such as Jacques Hotteterre gave lessons ...
4 days ago · The modern flute descends from inventions made in 1832 and 1847 by the Bavarian goldsmith, flute virtuoso, and industrial designer Theobald Boehm, and modified by many other instrument-makers since then. By the early 20th century and the recording era, French-style metal Boehm flutes had become the commonest type in Europe and America.
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5 days ago · Louis Lot (1807-96) Louis Lot became official supplier of flutes to the Paris Conservatoire on Louis Dorus 's appointment as flute professor in 1860. So his name is attached to the typical silver cylindrical Boehm flute that became standard equipment for players of the French Flute School for the next hundred years. Lot and his partner Vincent ...
6 days ago · Flutes built by H.F. Meyer of Hamburg after about 1850 responded to the demand German orchestral flutists felt to balance larger string sections and to play in the extreme high and low registers. Modeled on the Viennese-type flutes most in favor with German orchestral musicians of the early 19th century, the Meyer-type flutes (often stamped ...
5 days ago · Seventeenth-century flutes. The consort flutes of the 16th century were played chefly in the upper part of their range, and designed to blend with the other flutes in the consort rather than to stand out. But the new solo music called for instruments with a more individual character, including a stronger lower range and more of an ability to ...
