flûte d'amour
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flûte d'amour
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"When Verdi composed the opera Aida for performance in Cairo in 1871, he conceived the 'Sacred Egyptian Dance,' the finale of Act I, as being played by a group of three flûtes ď amour, and three such flutes were especially constructed in Milan.. In present-day [1938] performances of this opera, the music for the flûtes ďamour is usually assigned to other instruments."
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• Name — Flûte d'amour • Background — woodwind • Classification — * Wind • Woodwind • Aerophone • Hornbostel Sachs — 421.121.12-71 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — side-blown aerophone with tone holes and keys • Range — { \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } \clef treble \key c \major \cadenzaOn c'1 ^ \markup "written" \glissando g1
Flûte d'amour repertoire
• Composer || Work • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — Various cantata movements Pastorale from Christmas Oratorio possibly Sonata in B minor. • Christoph Graupner (1683–1730) — Seven religious cantatas; two birthday cantatas; Triple concerto for flûte d'amour, oboe d’amore and viola d’amore; Solo flûte d'amour: Concerto in A. (Uses A d'amore) • Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) — Concerto in A for flûte d'amour (A) and strings • Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) — Concerto for flûte d'amour (Ab) and strings • Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1767) — Second movement of E minor Sinfonia uses two flûtes d'amour. • Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783) — La Passione di Jesu Christo • Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) — Notturno in Eflat for flute – flûte d'amour – (Aflat) two horns in Eflat – two violas – cello or bassoon. Notturno in Eflat flûte d'amour – horn in Eflat and viola. (Trio) • Joseph Weigl (1766–1846) — Concerto in Eflat for cor anglais – flûte d'amour – (Aflat) trumpet in Eflat – viola d'amore – Glockenspiel – euphonium – cembalo – and cello. With echo ensemble: cor anglais – flûte d'amour – (Aflat) trumpet and cello. • Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795) — No title located • Antonio Messina-Rosaryo — Fantasia Diabolica (bass flute – flûte d'amour & flute/piano) • Giuseppe Richter (18th/19th century) — Quintet for 4 concert flutes and flûte d'amour (in Aflat) • Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783) — Concerto in F for flûte d'amour (Bflat) and strings. • Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870) — Trio for Flute – flûte d'amour and cello in F major. Fantasia Concertante for flute – flûte d'amour and orchestra • Stephen Dodgson (1924–2013) — O Swallow – flûte d'amour (A) and piano • Missing scores of known flûte d'amour compositions • Johann Morawetz: Eight nocturnes for flûte d'amour, 2 violins, 2 trumpets and cello. • Johann Neubauer: Two nocturnes for flute, flûte d'amour, 2 rns, 2 violins and cello • F. G. Reymann: 13 concerti for flute, flûte d'amour, 2 horns, 2 violas and cello.
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- “Flûte d'amour”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1445673: flûte d'amour
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1309120528, Flûte d'amour.
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