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Baroque flute music

Baroque flute music was the era that the flute came into its own.

The flute was far from the instrument we play today. It was still constructed of wood and the key mechanism was quite primitive. Many of the holes were simply covered by the fingers without any metalwork at all.

The flute was still evolving, but composers had discovered and many beautiful works were composed by the masters of the time, including...

The baroque era featured regional styles--French, Italian, and German--that are well represented in the flute repertoire...

  • France - Loiellet
  • Italy - Vivaldi
  • German - J.S. Bach and Telemann

It was an exciting time to be a musician, and a flutist in particular.



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