The flute book: A complete guide for students and performers

Tercera edición.

- This third edition has been updated to reflect new scholarship on baroque flutes, advancements in technology, manufacturing refinements, and recent developments like those of hte contrabass flute and quarter-tone flute
- Includes detailed information on all aspects of performance as well as a history of the flute and its literature
- Features an extensive repertoire catalog of both solo and chamber works

Teachers and flutists at all levels have praised Nancy Toff's The Flute Book, a unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music. Organized into four main parts--The Instrument, Performance, The Music, and Repertoire Catalog--the book begins with a description of the instrument and its making, offers information on choosing and caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute, and discusses differences between members of the flute family. In the Performance section, readers learn about breathing, tone, vibrato, articulation, technique, style, performing, and recording. In the extensive analysis of flute literature that follows, Toff places individual pieces in historical context. The book ends with a comprehensive catalog of solo and chamber repertoire, and includes appendices with fingering charts as well as lists of current flute manufacturers, repair shops, sources for flute music and books, and flute clubs and related organizations worldwide. In this Third Edition, Toff has updated the book to reflect technology's advancements--like new digital recording technology and recordings' more prevalent online availability--over the last decade. She has also accounted for new scholarship on baroque flutes; recent developments like those of the contrabass flute, quarter-tone flute, and various manufacturing refinements and experiments; consumers' purchase prices for flutes; and an updated repertoire catalog, index, and appendices.

CONTENIDO:

About the Companion Website
Figures
Plates
Terminology used in this book
Preface
Acknowledgments

- The instrument
1. The Flute Today
What Is a Flute?
Manufacturing: The State of the Art
2. How to Choose an Instrument
To Rent or To Buy
Setting Priorities
Materials
Open or Closed Holes
C or B Footjoint
Mechanical Options
Testing an Instrument
3. Care and Maintenance of the Flute
Preventive Maintenance: Assembling the Instrument
Daily Cleaning
Storage
Polishing
Replating
Lubrication
The Headjoint Cork
Mechanical Problems
4. A Brief History of the Flute
Old System Flutes
The Boehm Flute
Other Nineteenth Century Flutes
Minor Modifications to the Boehm System
5. The Flute Family
The Piccolo
The Alto Flute
The Bass Flute
The Contr'alto, Contrabass, and Subcontrabass Flutes
The Flute Choir

- Performance
6. Breathing
Posture
Inhalation
Suspension
Exhalation
The Diaphragm
Exercises
Breathing and Phrasing
Circular Breathing
7. Tone
The Acoustical Basis
Tone Production
Focus and Projection
Homogeneity of Sound
Interpretation through Tone Development
Intonation
National Styles of Flute Playing
8. Vibrato
What is Vibrato?
The History of Vibrato
The Uses of Vibrato
9. Articulation
The Bowing Analogy
Single-Tonguing
Double-Tonguing
Triple-Tonguing
Flutter-Tonguing
Tongueless Attack
Legato
Note Endings
Practice
10. Technique
Position
Practice
Fingering
Harmonics
The B-flat Thumb Key
Three Fingering Tricks
11. Style
Virtuosity and Interpretation
The Theoretical Background: Basic Musicianship
Analysis
Phrasing
Performance Practice
The Early Music Movement and Questions of Authenticity
12. Performance
Opportunities for Performance
Planning a Recital Program
Accompanists and Assisting Artists
Choosing a Recital Hall
The Printed Program
Publicity
Preparation and Rehearsal
Stage Protocol
The Entrance
Playing the Program
Memorization
Breaks between Pieces
Encores
13. Recordings
Building a Recording Collection
How to Listen
Playing Along
Making Your Own Recordings

- The music
14. The Baroque Era
Flute Versus Recorder
Musical Forms
France
Italy
England
Germany
15. The Classic Era
Musical Forms
Paris
Germany
Spain
England
Vienna
16. The Romantic Era
Music by Nonflutists
Music by Flutists
17. The Modern Era
France
Great Britain
Elsewhere in Western Europe
Eastern Europe
The United States
The Avant-Garde
The Flute and Electronics

- Repertoire catalog
Introduction
A. The Baroque Era
B. The Classic Era
C. The Romantic Era
D. The Modern Era
E. Study Materials

- Appendices
A. Fingering Chart for the Boehm Flute
B. Flute Manufacturers
C. Repair Shops
D. Sources for Instruments and Accessories
E. Sources for Music and Books
F. Journals, Societies, and Service Organizations
G. Flute Clubs and Societies
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index