Il Flauto traverso

The great talent of Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) showed very early: At the age of 12, she published her first composition. Georges Bizet, a friend of the family, predicted her great future. After her...

Edition Schott reflects a wide variety of music and offers a comprehensive music library suitable for students, amateur and professional musicians.Edition Schott ranges from Renaissance to Contemporar...

Igor Stravinsky's musical setting of the Slavonic fable of The Firebird, L'Oiseau de feu, is one of the pioneering orchestral works from the beginning of the 20th century. Reviews of the first perform...

The four-movement structure of the sonata, as was common in the late basso continuo era, juxtaposes four melodically and rhythmically contrasting themes.

The technically uncomplicated sonata is suitable for recital, lessons as well as for making music at home. According to the composer, the work is playable for both flute and violin.

Leclair, one of the most important French composers and violinists of the 18th century, left four booklets of 12 sonatas each for violin and basso continuo. The last booklet (1738) contains two sonata...

Leclair, one of the most important French composers and violinists of the 18th century, left four booklets of 12 sonatas each for violin and basso continuo. The last booklet (1738) contains two sonata...

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 7)

At the beginning of the sonata, the score reads: Sonata a 3 di Quantz / Flauto / Travers: / Cembalo / o / Violino / Basso. The note 'harpsichord o violin' deserves special attention, as it indicates t...

Two sonatas from the middle of the 18th century, musically appealing, recommended as standard literature for flute lessons.

Edition Schott reflects a wide variety of music and offers a comprehensive music library suitable for students, amateur and professional musicians.Edition Schott ranges from Renaissance to Contemporar...

Giovanni Plattis Flötensonaten erfreuen sich zu Recht besonderer Beliebtheit. Ihre Anmut und Frische, vor allem aber ihr melodischer Reichtum und die Kraft ihrer Harmonie lassen diese geistvollen und...

In Enjott Schneider's 'Rondo oscuro', an eye-twinkling naive rondo theme leads to more complex intermediate parts in which the soloist is faced with a flute ensemble demanding various degrees of rhyth...

Die Sonate in G-Dur von Franz Xaver Richter wurde den 'VI Sonate da camera a Cembalo obligato, Flauto traverso o Violino concertato e Violoncello' entnommen. Die Aussetzung des teilweise bezifferten B...

First edition based on a Dresden manuscript of Pisendel. Up until now, the sonata has been available in G major only, which is kept in the archives of the Berliner Liedertafel. As a result of more rec...

The composer was one of the circle of musicians and composers gathered about the music-loving Frederic II of Prussia. As early as 1734 the Crown Prince mentioned his name as a member of the Ruppin orc...

With this concerto, Genzmer has created a virtuoso work that is very suitable not only for the concert hall, but also for soloist competitions and examinations.

The composer J. B. de Boismortier (1682-1765) dedicated many works to the players of the flute. He wrote numerous sonatas for two flutes and sonatas for flute and basso continuo, but also cycles of so...