The Flute Book A Complete Guide for Students and Performers

by Toff, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780195373073
• ISBN10: 0195373073
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Nancy Toff is the author of The Development of the Modern Flute, Georges Barrère and the Flute in America, and Monarch of the Flute: The Life of Georges Barrère. Highly respected as a writer, researcher, and lecturer, she has been a consultant to the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection in the Library of Congress and the Department of Musical Instruments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was curator of an exhibition on Georges Barrère at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. She is a past president of the New York Flute Club. Toff is the 2012 winner of the National Flute Association's National Service Award.

Table of Contents

About the Companion Website	p. xi
Figures	p. xii
Plates	p. xiii
Terminology Used in This Book	p. xiv
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
The Instrument
The Flute Today	p. 3
What Is a Flute?
Manufacturing: The State of the Art
How to Choose An Instrument	p. 15
To Rent or to Buy
Setting Priorities
Materials
Open or Closed Holes
C or B Footjoint
Mechanical Options
Testing an Instrument
Care and Maintenance of the Flute	p. 31
Preventive Maintenance: Assembling the Instrument
Daily Cleaning
Storage
Polishing
Replacing
Lubrication
The Headjoint Cork
Mechanical Problems
A Brief History of the Flute	p. 41
Old-System Flutes
The Boehm Flute
Other Nineteenth-Century Flutes
Minor Modifications to the Boehm System
The Flute Family	p. 61
The Piccolo
The Alto Flute
The Bass Flute
The Contr'alto, Contrabass, and Subcontrabass Flutes
The Flute Choir
Performance
Breathing	p. 84
Posture
Inhalation
Suspension
Exhalation
The Diaphragm
Exercises
Breathing and Phrasing
Circular Breathing
Tone	p. 92
The Acoustical Basis
Tone Production
Focus and Projection
Homogeneity of Sound
Interpretation through Tone Development
Intonation
National Styles of Flute Playing
Vibrato	p. 108
What Is Vibrato?
The History of Vibrato
The Uses of Vibrato
Articulation	p. 117
The Bowing Analogy
Single-Tonguing
Double-Tonguing
Triple-Tonguing
Flutter-Tonguing
Tongueless Attack
Legato
Note Endings
Practice
Technique	p. 125
Position
Practice
Fingering
Harmonics
The Bb Thumb Key
Three Fingering Tricks
Style	p. 140
Virtuosity and Interpretation
The Theoretical Background: Basic Musicianship
Analysis
Phrasing
Performance Practice
The Early Music Movement and Questions of Authenticity
Performance	p. 158
Opportunities for Performance
Planning a Recital Program
Choosing a Recital Hall
The Printed Program
Publicity
Preparation and Rehearsal
Stage Protocol
The Entrance
Playing the Program
Memorization
Breaks between Pieces
Encores
Recordings	p. 175
Building a Recording Collection
How to Listen
Playing Along
Making Your Own Recordings
The Music
The Baroque Era	p. 183
Flute versus Recorder
Musical Forms
France
Italy
England
Germany
The Classic Era	p. 211
Musical Forms
Paris
Germany
Spain
England
Vienna
The Romantic Era	p. 235
Music by Nonflutists
Music by Flutists
The Modern Era	p. 248
France
Great Britain
Elsewhere in Western Europe
Eastern Europe
The United States
The Avant-Garde
The Flute and Electronics
Repertoire Catalog
Introduction	p. 277
The Baroque Era	p. 281
The Classic Era	p. 327
The Romantic Era	p. 361
The Modern Era	p. 383
Study Materials	p. 449
Appendices
Fingering Chart for the Boehm Flute	p. 461
Flute Manufacturers	p. 468
Repair Shops	p. 476
Sources for Instruments and Accessories	p. 480
Sources for Music and Books	p. 483
Journals, Societies, and Service Organizations	p. 487
Flute Clubs and Societies	p. 491
Notes	p. 497
Selected Bibliography	p. 507
Index	p. 521
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