The Treatise “On Playing the Flute” by J. J. Quantz (Comments of a Performer)

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Svetlana I. Khudozhnikova

Abstract

For the first time in Russia, the author has published a fragment of Quantz’s Essay “On Playing the Flute” (“Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversière zu spielen”) – Chapter VII «On breathing during flute playing». This translation is made by the author of the article from the facsimile edition of 1988. She offers comments and specify the basic pedagogical, performing, philosophical and aesthetic principles of this famous musician of the 18th century who has rendered a great influence on development of the flute performing school – up to our days.

Keywords: Quantz, Baroque music, authentic performance, flute traversière

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Khudozhnikova, S. I. (2010). The Treatise “On Playing the Flute” by J. J. Quantz (Comments of a Performer). Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (2), 65–69. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/554
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History of Western Music
Author Biography

Svetlana I. Khudozhnikova, Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A. K. Glazunov

Docent at the department of Piano Minor