جهت استعلام قیمت، خرید و مشاهده نمونه صفحه محصول، لطفاً از طریق پشتیبانی فروشگاه در واتساپ و تلگرام اقدام فرمایید.
by Theobald Boehm (Author), Dayton C. Miller (Translator)
The flute (or closely related instrument) has been known since
prehistoric times, but up until the middle of the nineteenth century it
was still far from being a satisfactory instrument, despite the quantity
of important music that had been written for it. Its tone was poor and
thin, its volume was low, its keying system was inefficient, and it was
very difficult to play.The man who changed all this
and invented the modern flute was Theobald Boehm (1794–1881), a Bavarian
flute virtuoso, who played at the royal court in Munich. Boehm worked
upon the flute for many years; indeed, he even went to the length of
studying acoustics at the University of Munich, in order to apply the
exact data and principles of the sciences to instrument design. After
many years of experimentation and preliminary steps, he created the
modern flute in 1847. It was silver and cylindrical, furnished with a
parabolic head-joint, accurately placed finger holes, and efficient key
mechanism. With only small modifications, this is the flute that is used
today.
In 1871 Boehm published an account of his research and
accomplishments, a book that has come to be recognized as one of the
classics of musicology. In it he covered the acoustics of the
instrument; the technique for establishing its proportions and keying;
his new system of fingering; the key mechanism; the bass flute in G; and
similar topics. In the second half of the volume he provided insights
on performance, as they emerged from his remarkable virtuosity. This is
not a treatise on how to play the flute, but comments upon the
development of tone, finger exercises, practicing method, and
interpretation, including coloratura. This book is very clearly written
and requires no technical knowledge of its reader. It has long been a
favorite not only of flutists but also of musicologists, acousticians,
and lay persons interested in music.
This edition of Boehm's work,
translated by Dayton C. Miller of the Case School of Applied Science,
also contains biographical notes about Boehm, a list of Boehm's musical
compositions, a short bibliography, and a critical introduction. More
than 50 musical excerpts and illustrations accompany the text, while the
renowned contemporary flutist Samuel Baron has written a new
Introduction for the Dover edition.