The Flute
History of the Flute
The flute is an aerophone instrument that belongs to the woodwind family. This instrument dows not use a reed unlike other members of its family. Sound is produced by the flow of air from its opening. Flutes are one of the earliest known instruments. The flute history goes back to about 900 B.C. in China. When flutes were first made they were made from a small animal's femur bone or wood. One of the first flutes were about 18.7 cm long, had three holes and was created from a mammoth's tusk several centuries ago in Ulm. The transverse flute was the most common in China around this time, it reached the European area by 1100 A.C. The traverse flute was used in the German military as a fife. Today flutes are made of metal and has more keys added to improve its pitch. in the 1800's flutes became more advanced, starting with four keys and having more than eight keys or tone holes. No matter what flutes were made of they always were tube-like with holes lined along it. There are various types of flutes, they come different sizes and series of tones. The piccolo, recorder, alto flute and the bass flute are just to name a few kind of flutes. This instrument plays a popular role in music today such as concert bands and orchestras.
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Famous Performers
"Grandfather of the American Flute School" was William Kincaid. Kincaid was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1895. He left home in 1911 and headed to New York City, he attended Columbia University and the Institute of Musical Arts AKA Juilliard. He studied under Georges ...
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Famous Orchestra
Spa Coast Orchestra is a large flute orchestra. The SCO is a diverse and volunteered organization. Nancy Clew founded the orchestra in 1983. The orchestra has grown over the years from about 12 members to an ensemble of about 40 flutist. This orchestra includes basses, contrabasses, alto flutes, e-flat flutes, piccolos and double contrabasses flutes.
Los Angeles Flute Orchestra is a ensemble that consist of professional flutist from the Los Angeles area. Founded in 1999, this ensemble is one of the most distinguishable flute choirs in its area. This group performs mostly original work and sometimes performs collaborations with local and contemporary songsters.
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Anderson had a very strong musical education. At age eleven he began piano lessons and music studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Cambridge. At his high school graduation from the Cambridge High and Latin School, Anderson composed, orchestrated, and conducted his class song. In 1925 he entered Harvard College. While at Harvard he studied musical harmony with Walter Spalding, counterpoint with Edward Ballantine, canon and fugue with William C. Heilman, and orchestration with Edward B. Hill and Walter Piston. Between 1926 and 1929 he played trombone for the Harvard University Band. He eventually became the director of the Harvard University Band for four years. In 1929 Anderson received a B.A. magna cum laude in Music from Harvard. The magna cum laude is the next-to-highest of three special honors for grades above the average. He was also elected into Phi Beta Kappa. Anderson continued into graduate school at Harvard. In 1930, he earned an M.A. with a major in music. He began studying composition with Walter Piston and Georges Enesco; organ with Henry Gideon and double bass with Gaston Dufresne of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. As well as his studies in music, he continued for his PhD in German and Scandinavian languages. He ultimately mastered Danish, Norwegian, Icel...
The Native American flute is the third oldest known musical instrument in the world, with bone flutes dating back over 60,000 years. The first instrument found were drums, then varies whistle were made. Over time, the instrument evolved with many different materials and shapes. And these difference and changes reflect the culture of that time. Virtually, flutes were used all types of hardwoods and softwoods in history.
This is why the holes in the flute are used to remove the constriction of the air at that particular point. The resonance of the air column in the flute mostly determines the playing frequency which is the pitch. (http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/) Since the...
The Philharmonic Orchestra performed at Lindenwood University Friday March 3rd at 8 O’clock. The Orchestra was under the direction of Robert Hart Baker. I have never attended a live orchestra performance so it was eye-opening to listen to the beautiful sounds that arose from the array of instruments in the orchestra. There were about ninety members and more than half of the members were string players which consisted of a lot of violins, cellos, and basses. Behind the strings sat the brass and woodwind instruments which consisted of trumpets, trombones, tubas, clarinets, flutes and oboes to name several. The percussion section was aside the woodwinds and brass. A choir followed in the last piece played and were placed behind the wood winds and brass.
When society envisions a Wind Ensemble, talented musicians, grand music halls, and difficult arrangements typically come to mind. However, a modern-day Wind Ensemble includes a variety of musicians,
In the video, Peter and the Wolf by Serge Prokofiev, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra told the story of Peter and the Wolf, children tale. The character is represented by different instruments throughout the piece, Flute represented the bird, oboes represented the duck, bassoon represented the grandfather, string family represented Peter, clarinet represented the cat, French horn represented the wolf and timpani and bass drum for the hunters as the string family, flute and oboe also played a part to depict the hunter.
The Vertical duck flute was the indigenous instrument that had two versions of it; it was either a hembra with five holes (the lead instrument) or a macho with one or two holes and was played along with the rattle (D’amico 2013: 29). These two versions usually functioned as one and are meant to sound like a bird. The cane flute was only played when the vertical duck flute was not (D’amico 2013: 33). The cane flute is considered an African decent instrument along with the rest of the instruments listed, which demonstrates the African influence in cumbia. However, once commercialization begun and the radio grew an interest on this genre, the elements that created traditional cumbia began to be
The orchestra and band were directed by the most amazing music professional to ever come through Canyon View High School thee Mr. David Jordan. Mr. Jordan got very into his conducting by constantly moving his hands while holding a conductor stick in his right hand. The Colla Voce and other choirs were led by Mr. Alex Byers. He also took his job very seriously and got very into it giving specific instructions to sing a certain note to a specific part of the group just by a swift movement of his hand.
years, creating a magical yet dark universe in which two worlds, daytime and nighttime, collide. (Gauthier, Chagall Colour and Music) The Magic Flute was my favorite costumes out of the four ballets. Long an admirer of Mozart, Chagall enthusiastically accepted the invitation from Rudolph Bing, director of the New York’s Metropolitan Opera, to create a new production of The Magic Flute for the inaugural season of the Met’s new opera house at Lincoln Center. (T. L. Essay) Chagall ‘s sketches and designs for the stage are amazing, it is very easy to see, how is designs could still be used today. When I was at the museum, I was surprise to hear the curator say this was very one’s favorite design by Chagall. The pictures do not it justice, seeing it in
Orchestras have become a major part of the musical society. My favorite part of the orchestra is the string section. Especially when the harp is used for a piece. Did you know the harp is one of the oldest musical instruments in the world? The harp went through many changes before achieving the one we see used today.
A wind ensemble performance is considered an art concert due to the fact that it performs music that is composed from the past 5 centuries. Having a diverse instrumentation not only provides a large variety of music, but as well as producing a flexible ensemble. As I stated before there were fifteen different instruments in the performance, which were the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, double bass, percussion, drum set, harp, and piano. Having a variety of instruments helped produce a
The Piano gave me a great understanding of true love and the hardships that came along with it. The movie was very well put together, and I learned a great deal from the production. The Piano had some good instances of well lit up shots, along with some good symbolism which, I will explain about in the following report. For instance there was a scene in the movie involving Adas’ young daughter where all of a sudden a cartoon just appears out of nowhere. I believe the producer was relating the cartoon in this sequence to the way she was taking what was going on in. Another example of symbolism in this film is when Ada the woman who owns the piano goes into George Baines’ home on the island where her piano is at the present time. There they arrange a deal so that Ada will get her Piano back and Mr. Baines will get a little something as well. He suggests that she comes over basically religiously for every key on The Piano for him to seduce her but she quickly denies his request. She does not speak throughout the majority of the movie, and has not said a word, so as soon as he makes his request she shuts him down immediately and quickly points at her black dress indicating that she would only come over and teach him how to play for as many black keys there are and then she could get her piano back. Now the symbolism that I was getting at is how the keys were black and in most movies black is the dark color symbolizing evil.
Modern flutes are not usually made of wood, instead they are made of metal because it helps in making the sound of the instrument louder in a big hall. Flutes come in different sizes and the smallest one is the piccolo. It has a high and shrill sound. The next in size is the flute which is what most people prefer to
The term “flute” refers to a woodwind instrument that is held horizontally while being played. The oldest flutes are said to be from 35,000 to 43,000 years old and were found in Germany. There are many names for flutes, such as the cross flute and the transverse flute. Around 1000 AD, in the 10th and 11th centuries, it seems that the flute disappeared then reappeared with the rise and fall of Rome. In 1670 the flute went from being one peice to three: the head, body, and foot joints.
“The strange thing is I don’t think myself silent, that is, because of my piano” (Campion 9). This beloved instrument is central to the plot and plays a major role in the movie The Piano. It is a symbolic instrument that Campion uses to tell a complex tale.. The film is a story of shyness, repression, and loneliness, of a woman who will not speak and a man who cannot listen, and of a willful little girl who causes mischief.