# The Story of the Flute/Index

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Agility of the flute, 95
Agricola, 27
"Airs with variations," 109
Almain whistle, the, 74
Altès, H., 205
Alto flutes, 88-91
America, the flute in, 225 ———the Böhm introduced, 227 ———early players, 225 ——————flute-dealers, 226 ———later players, 226 ———native-born players, 228
American authors, flute in, 236, 242
Amory's Life of John Buncle, 258
Ancient players of note, 12
Andersen, Miss, 223
Animals, effect of the flute on, 264
Antiquity of the flute, 1
Apuleius, 5
Arab "Nay," the, 6
Arbeau's Orchesographie, 74
"Archool," the, 9
"Arigot," the, 75
Art, the flute in, 25, 35, 189n.
Ashe, 207
"Aulos," the, 6
Australian flautist, 229
Automaton flute-players, 257
Avison, Musical Expression, 178
Bach, J. S., his flute passages, 118, 121 ———flute obligatos, 119 ———his flute sonatas, 102 ———flauto-piccolo in, 121
Bacon on flutes, fifes, and recorders, 34
Balance of tone, 120
Barrett, W. L., 214 ———his flute, 71
Bass flutes, 87-8 ——————in Handel, 123
Bayr, George, 97
Beaked flutes, 16
Beethoven's flute sonata, 103 ———piccolo in, 82, 142 ———Leonora, No. 3, 143 ———symphonies, 139 ———the "Pastorale," 140
Berbiguier's life, 196 ———compositions, 104
Berlioz, 161-163 ———piccolo in, 82-85, 163 ——————remarks on, 81
Best keys for flute music, 99
Bianchini, Signora, 222
Bible, flute in the, 10, 237, 270
Bibliography, magazine articies, 282 ———treatises, 281
Biglioni, 41
Birmingham flute society, 72
Bishop's Lo, hear the Gentle Lark, 86, 113
Bizet's Carmen, 83, 166
Blavet, M., 35, 101
Blicher, S, S., 249
​Blind flautists, 258
Böhm, 52-59 ———as a player, 58 ———centenary, 59 ———compositions, 58 ———"crutch," 254 ———flute of 1831, 53 ——————of 1832, 54 ——————of 1847, 56 ——————introduced in the Paris Conservatoire, 55, 202 ——————in America, 227 ———his opinion on players, 218 ——————on materials, 278 ———pamphlets, 58 ———schema, 57
Boie, 39
"Bombux," the, 8
Boucher, 219
Brahms, flute and piccolo in, 83, 162n.
Bricciardi, 203 ———B♭ lever, 69
Brossa, F., 214
Buchner, 219
Buftardin, 35
Buffet's needle springs, 66
Bulbed flutes of ancients, 9
Burmese flutes, 266
Cadenzas for flute, 151, 165n.
Cann, Miss, 222
Capeller, 52 ———mouthpiece, 255 ———shake-key, 45
"Capistrum," the, 14
Card, W., 67, 206n.
Cardigan (Mrs. Honig), Miss, 223
Carte's flutes, 69-70
Chamber music by classical composers, 181 ——————for wind alone, 183-184 ——————for wind with strings, 184 ——————large combinations, octetts, nonetts, etc., best, 184 ——————piccolo in, 184 ——————for flutes alone, 185
Cherubini's famous joke, 135
Chevalier flute, the, 34
Chinese flutes, 25, 262
Ciardi, 203
Classical legends, 2
Clinton, 56, 210 ———his flutes, 70 ———on Böhm, 62
Coche's attack on Böhm, 60 ———inventions, 66
Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha, 169
Collard's flute, 71
Colonieu, 71
Conical bore introduced, 38
Corrette's Methode, 275
Costume, etc., of ancient players, 13
Cotgrave's Dictionary, 2, 75
Cox, John S., 229
Crump, Miss, 223
Curious materials used for flutes, 252
D'Alembert's Encyclopéie Methodique. 42, 257
De Jong, 214
De Vroÿe, 218
Demersseman, 108, 202
Demeurs, pupil of Dorus, 202
Denner, 38
Der Freischutz, 143
Destouches and Lalande's Elements, 81
Devienne, 41, 43, 104
Dickens and the flute, 239
Diderot's bass flute, 88 ———Encyclopœdia, 41
​Difficult passages in modern compositions, 176-179
Doppler, 201 ———compositions, 111
Dorus, 202 G♯ key, 67
Double and triple recorders, 19 ———flutes, ancient, 8
Double-tongueing, 96
Dragon flute, Chinese, 263
Dressier, 206n.
Drouet, 197-200
Dulon, F. L , 258
Dvořák, 163-5 ———piccolo in, 83, 165 ———The Spectre's Bride, 164
Early British players, 206 ———Christians and the flute, 270 ———critiques, 109 ———composers for the flute, 100 ———musical treatises, 27 ———pictures containing flutes, 25, 33 ———references in English literature, 230-3
Eben, Felix J., 227
Ebonite flutes, 278
Egyptian flutes, 4
Eight-keyed flute, the, 45
Elgar, Miss, 223
Encyclopédie Methodique, 42, 257
Epithets applied to the flute, 236
Ernst, Philip, 226
Etruscan flutes, 9
Extreme high notes, 177
F flute, the, 85
Farrenc, 108
Female Composers for the flute, 224 ———players, 220
Festing, 207
Fife, early history, 73 ——————music for, 75 ———in English Literature, 231 ——————Opera, 79 ———the true, 79 ———with drum, 75
Fingerholes, development of, 7
Fipple, the, 6
"Flageletto" notes, 96
Flageolet, the, 20
Flautist-composers, 104
Flautists, nationality of, 216
Flood-Porter, Miss, 223
Florio, 41
Flute-à-bec, the, 16
Flute d'Amour, the, 91 ———and harp, 113, 162 ———and guitar, 113 ———considered an amatory instrument, 269-271 ———early foreign representations and references, 25 ———epithets applied to, 236 ———legends about the, 249-251 ———quartetts, 185 ———in Addison, 238 ———in American authors, 236, 242-248 ———in Bible, 10, 237, 270 ———in Chaucer, etc., 230 ———in Dickens and other novelists, 239 ———in early dramatists, 232 ———in English poets, 234-238 ———in Goldsmith, 239 ———in Milton, 236 ———in Shakespeare, 231
Flutes with keys, 34
Four flutes in orchestral works, 161
Fransella, A., 215
Frederick the Great, 188
Frisch, 81
Furstenau, 200
​Geminiam's Rides for Playing, 276
Gevaert on the flute, 95
Giorgi flute, the, 257
"Glide" eftect, the, 98, 109
Gluck, his flute passages, 129-132 ———his Orfeo, 129 ———his use of the lowest notes, 131 ———piccolo in, 131
Godfroy, 56
Gold flutes, 278
Golden age of the flute, 108
Good flute music, 107, 111
Gordon, 48-52 ———his flutes, 50
Gordon-Böhm controversy, 59 64
Gounod, 82
Greenhead, Miss, 222
Grenser, K., 260
Grieg, flute and piccolo in, 165
Griffith, F., 215
Guillou, 197, 206n.
Halicarnassus flute, the, 24
Hallet, B., 260
Handel, his use of the flute, 122, 127 ———combines flute and organ, 127 ———his "flauto-piccolo," 125 ———his flautist, 129 ———his flute sonatas, 102 ———his obligatos, 124, 127 ———his orchestra, 128
Harmonics, 95
Haydn, his flute passages, 132-134 ———his chief flautist, 132 ———his flute sonata, 103 ———his symphonies, 134 ———The Creation, 133
Hebrew "Mashrokitha," the, 10, 231, 270
Hebrews considered flute profane, 270
Heckel's Cap, 257
Heind'l, 227
Heinemayer, 206n.
Hirsch, 132
Hoffmann, G., 42
Hotteterre, 35 ———his flute, 38 ———his Principés de la Flûte traversière, 35, 275 ———music by, 37, 275
Hudson, E., 215 ———Miss, 223
Hugot, A., 193
Hummel's septetts, 182
Indian flutes, 25, 266
Instruction Books, early, 275 ——————first English, 276 ——————later English, 277
Interchangeable middle sections, 39
Ireland, flautist, 182
Ismenias, 15
Italian operatic composers, flute in, 152
Japanese flutes, 263 ———legend concerning the flute, 264
Juba's Theatrical History, 6
Juvigny, 20
Kaffir flute, 266
"Kaval," the, 6
Keyless flutes, 23
Keys, addition of, 34 ———the D♯. 34 ———the low C, 41 ———F♮, G♯, B♭, 41-42 ———C♮ 43 ———long F♮, 43 ———long B♭, 44
​Keys on recorders, 18
King Henry VIII., 19, 76, 192
Kircher, 17, 32
Kohler, E. , 219
Koppitz, 97
Krakamp, 206n.
Krantz, 219
Kreith, 206n.
Kuhlau and his compositions, 105 ———his friendship with Beethoven, 106 ———his successors, 107
Kusder, 38, 42
Kyle, John, 228
La Barre, 35
Lady flautistes, 220 ——————ancient, 221 ——————modern, 223 ——————American, 223
Lady Maket flutes, 5
Lahou, 206n.
Lamia, 221
Lanier, Sidney, 229, 246
Le Thiere, 81
Left-handed flautists, 196
Legendary date of invention of the flute, 2
Legends about the flute, 249-251
Lemmone, J., 229
Lemon-sucking, effect of, 261
Literary flautists, 246-8
Loeillet, J. B., 100
Lorenzo, L. de, 228
Lorenzoni's instruction book, 277
Love-flutes of American Indians, etc., 268
Lulli, 117
Luscinius, 27
Macgregor's bass and alto flutes, 87, 90
Machault and Deschamps, 26
Magic Flute, The, 137
Mahault's Tutor, 276
Marschner, 82
Marsyas, 3
"Mashrokitha," the Hebrew, 10, 237, 270
Massenet, 83
Materials for flute-tubes, 278
Mathews, J., and his flute, 72
Mendelssohn, 155-158 ———his symphonies, 157 ———Midsummer Night's Dream, 155 ———use of low register, 156 ———piccolo in, 158
Merci, L., 101
Mersenne's description, 29, 32
Metal flutes, 278
Mexican and Peruvian flutes, 267, 269
Meyerbeer, 148-152 ———curious combinations in, 149 ———his use of the flute, 150 ———obligato for two flutes, 151 ———piccolo in, 148
Midas, story of, 3
Military fifes and drums, 76-79
Minerva, Ascham on, 270n.
Modern flute composers, 112 ———French composers, 165-6
Modern Musick Master, The, 22, 276
Molé, Charles, 228
Mollenhauer's mouth-piece. 257
Monteverde's Orfeo, 117
Mouth-piece, Townley's, 255 ———Mollenhauer's, 257 ———Wheatstone's, 256
Mozart, flute passages, 135-138 ———his flute concertos, 138 ———his operas, 137 ———his Symphonies and Serenades, 136 ​ ———his piccolo passages,136 ———his dislike of the flute, 135 ———his favorite flautist, 135
Music for flute by classical composers, 102
Names given to favourite flutes, 191n.
"Nay," the, 6
Nebuchadnezzar's flute, 10, 237, 270
Needham, V. L., 215
Needle-springs, 66
Negri, 219
Nicholson, Charles, 208
Nicholson, Henry, 211
Nolan's ring-key, 45
North American Indian flutes, 268
Nose-flutes, 266
Number of flutes used increased, 160
Obligatos for the flute, 113 ———in Lucia de Lammermoor, 152 ———in Bach, 119 ———in Handel, 124, 127 ———for two flutes, 151
"Oh, ruddier than the Cherry," 124
One-armed flautists, 259
Open keys, 44
Orchestra, early examples of the flute in, 115
Organ and flute, 127
Origin of the flute, 4
Origin of the name "flute," 2
Ornamented flutes, 254
Osiris, the Egyptian God, 4
Osterle, Otto, 229
Paggi, Miss, 223
Paintings, the flute in, 33, 189n.
Penville, Miss, 223
Perforated keys, 56
Petersen, Miss, 222
Philbert, 34, 193
"Photinx," the, 6
Piccolo, the, 80 ———as a solo instrument, 85 ———Berlioz's remarks on, 81 ———characteristics of, 8 ———early examples of its use, 81 ———military varieties, 85 ———in D♭ used, 84 ———two used, 81-84, 132, 136, 147, 149, 165, 169, 170 ———three used, 84 ———use by great composers, 82 ———in Bach, 121 ——————Beethoven, 82, 142 ——————Berlioz, 82-85, 163 ——————Dvořák, 83, 165 ——————Gluck, 131 ——————Grieg, 165 ——————Handel, 125 ——————Mendelssohn, 158 ——————Meyerbeer, 148 ——————Mozart, 136 ——————Rossini, 153 ——————Schubert, 159 ——————Schumann, 82, 85, 160 ——————Spohr, 84, 85 ——————Strauss, 177 ——————Sullivan, 82, 168 ——————Tschaïkowsky, 176 ——————Wagner, 83, 172 ——————Weber, 81, 147 ———in chamber music, 184 ———with cymbals, etc., 84
"Plagiaulos," the, 12
Polynesian flutes, 266
Popularity of the flute, 10, 94 ——————recorder, 19
Pottgiesser, 44
Pratten, 210
​ ———his "Perfected" flute, 71
Prætorius, 28
Prejudice against the flute, 269
Present-day foreign players, 219
Prill, 219
Puritan attack on the flute, 271
Quantz, J. J., his life, 186-193 ——————compositions, 102 ——————instruction book, 277 ——————inventions, 40
Quesnel, Alfred, 228
Quintetts for wind alone, 183-4
Rabboni, 219
Radcliff, 214 ———his flute, 71
Rameau, 81
Rebsomen, Count, 259
Recorder, the, 18 ———some old players, 20
Redfern, E. S., 215
"Register," The, 39
Reicha's Quintetts, 183
Reichert, 206n.
Remusat, 206n.
Ribas, 204
Ribock, 42, 43, 66
Richardson, 209
Ring-keys, 45
Rockstro's attack on Böhm, 63 ———flutes, 71
Roe, 81
Rossini's William Tell, 153
Royal flautists, 192n.
Rudall, Carte & Co., 69
Salomon de Caus, 32
Saust, 206n.
Saynor, 206n.
Schafhault, 55
Schickhard's Principes, 276
Schubert's use of the flute and piccolo, 159 ———flute solo, 103
Schumann, the flute and piccolo in, 82, 85, 160
Schweitzerpfeiff, the, 26, 73
"Sebi," the, 4
Shakes and trills, 98
Shakespeare, fife and flute in, 231
Shepherd's instrument, the flute a, 234
Sibelius, 177
Siccama's flutes, 67
Silver flutes, 278
Smith, Miss L., 223
Sola, 206n.
Songs with flute obligato, 113
Soussmann, 206n.
South American flutes, 267
Spohr's Nonett, 182
Spontini, 84
Stanhope, Miss, 223
Statistics about flautists. 216
Strauss, R., flute and piccolo in, 176-179
Striggio's La Cofanaria, 117
Sturges, R. Y., 248
Style of performance, English and foreign, 217 ———Böhm's views on, 218
Sullivan, The Golden Legend, 82, 167-169
Svendsen, 213
Tacet, 42, 207
Taffanel, 184, 205
Terschak, 204 ———his compositions, 111
Theorbo and flute in Handel, 128
Thoinan's Les Hotieterre, 35
Tierce flute, the, 85
Tillmetz, 219
Tone of the flute, 93
​Tone affected by material used, 280
Townley's mouthpiece, 255
Transverse flute, was it known to the ancients? 23-24 ——————known to ancient Chinese, 25 ——————in mediæval Europe, 25, 26 ——————introduced into England, 33
Tremolo passages, 96, 98
Tromlitz, 43
Tschaikowsky, 173-176
"Tsche," the Chinese, 263
Tuille's Sextett, 183
Tulou, 196-197
Tuning slides, 39
Two flutes in thirds, 98
V-notch, the, 7
Various registers of the flute, 95
Verdi, 83
"Vibrato," the, 98
Virdung, 27
Vivian, 214
"Vivo," the, 266
Wagner, 170-173 ———piccolo in, 83, 172 ——— his Lohengrin, 144
Walking-stick flutes, 253
Ward's flutes, 50n, 66, 255
Weber, 143-148 ———Der Freuchüts, 144 ———piccolo in, 83, 147
Wehner, C, 227
Weidemann, 129
Weiner, Eugene, 228
Weird flute story, 241
Wells, B., 211
Wendling, J., 41, 135
Wheatstone's mouthpiece, 256
Wild, Miss, 223
William Tell overture, 153
Winnebago love-flute, 268
Winter, Joseph, 258
Wood, D. S., 215
Wood and silver flutes compared, 278
Woolhouse, Miss, 223
Wunderlich, J. G., 193
Young, H., 81
Youthful prodigies, 260
Zerrahn, Carl, 227