Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoire [Hardcover]

Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoireis the only single-source reference of essential historical and analytical information about 35 of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Its contextual and theoretical insights make this text an indispensable resource for teachers as well as student, professional, and amateur flutists.Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoireoffers important historical and analytical information about three dozen of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Its contextual and theoretical insights make it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student flutists. With engaging prose supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book offers rich biographical information and informative analyses to help flutists gain a more complete understanding of J. S. Bach's Sonata in B minor, Reinecke'sUndineSonata, Faur?'sFantaisie, Hindemith's Sonata for Flute and Piano, Copland's Duo for Flute and Piano, and 30 other masterpieces.Offering a faithful and comprehensive guide to understanding the contexts in which the repertoire was composed,Notes for Flutistsdetails in clear, chronological order flute repertoire from Telemann, Mozart, and Enescu to Prokofiev, Poulenc, and Muczynski. Kyle Dzapo includes biographical information on each composer and highlights history's impact on the creation and performance of important works for flute. Intended as a starting point for connecting performance studies with scholarship, Dr. Dzapo's analysis will help flutists gain a more complete picture of a given work. Its valuable insights make it essential to musicians preparing and presenting programs, and its detailed historical information about the work and composer will encourage readers to explore other works in a similarly analytical way. Covering concertos, chamber pieces, and works for solo flute, Kyle Dzapo presentsNotes for Flutists, an indispensable handbook for studls3