With the growth of interest in recent years in the use of period instruments in recordings and professional and amateur performances, the early flute has experienced a remarkable revival. This is the first book in modern times to deal exclusively with the transverse flute in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras, following it from 1500 until the early nineteenth century. Advice is given on acquiring instruments and their care and maintenance. Additional chapters guide the reader to relevant sources about techniques ...
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With the growth of interest in recent years in the use of period instruments in recordings and professional and amateur performances, the early flute has experienced a remarkable revival. This is the first book in modern times to deal exclusively with the transverse flute in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras, following it from 1500 until the early nineteenth century. Advice is given on acquiring instruments and their care and maintenance. Additional chapters guide the reader to relevant sources about techniques and style, recommend repertoire, and give general advice to the modern player. The text is enhanced by numerous illustrations of important historic flutes.
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Good to Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp. 164. 164 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. A hint of light foxing top fore-edge. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
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Good in Very Good dust jacket in Very Good jacket. Pages clean, with no owners' marks, but front free endpaper has been excised; square, tight binding; hard cover shows mild shelf rubbing at spine ends, otherwise excellent; jacket bears a few small wrinkles at spine ends and modest edgewear at corners and spine ends but is otherwise bright and lovely, now protected in a clear sleeve.; Large 8vo.
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