Friedrich II.
4 Flötenkonzerte Nr. 1 - 4
for flute and orchestra
Friedrich II.
4 Flötenkonzerte Nr. 1 - 4
for flute and orchestra
- Instrumentation Flute and Piano
- Composer Friedrich II.
- Series Repertoire Explorer
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Musikproduktion Höflich
- Order no. MPH4698
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Description:
Preface
"Arts and sciences join hands. We thank them for everything. They are the benefactors of the human race. The citizen of great cities enjoys them without knowing in his proud comfort how many waking nights and efforts it takes to satisfy his needs and satisfy his often whimsical inclinations. "1
These are words of profound understanding and far-reaching reflection with which Frederick the Great describes the often laborious process of creating works of art. When Frederick wrote these lines in his 1772 treatise Über den Nutzen der Künste und Wissenschaften im Staate (On the Usefulness of the Arts and Sciences in the State), he had already been King of Prussia for more than three decades. Even during his reign, Frederick devoted himself to his many-sided artistic and philosophical inclinations, was in contact with the great personalities of the intellectual history of his time - one only has to think of his intensive, witty correspondence with the French philosopher Voltaire - and was active as a writer, composer and philosopher. As the latter, he even professed himself in his will, in which he decreed as one of his last wishes a simple burial without great ceremonies: "I have lived as a philosopher and want to be buried as such, without ostentation, without solemn pomp. "2
The efforts mentioned by Frederick in the introductory quotation, which are necessary to create art, are not only based on theoretical considerations, but he could also draw on his own experience as a composer and flutist. Trained, among others, by the famous flutist Johann Joachim Quantz, his instrumental skills, according to tradition, reached a professional level.3 As a composer, Frederick left behind a thoroughly respectable oeuvre, although it is devoted primarily to his instrument, the flute.
"Arts and sciences join hands. We thank them for everything. They are the benefactors of the human race. The citizen of great cities enjoys them without knowing in his proud comfort how many waking nights and efforts it takes to satisfy his needs and satisfy his often whimsical inclinations. "1
These are words of profound understanding and far-reaching reflection with which Frederick the Great describes the often laborious process of creating works of art. When Frederick wrote these lines in his 1772 treatise Über den Nutzen der Künste und Wissenschaften im Staate (On the Usefulness of the Arts and Sciences in the State), he had already been King of Prussia for more than three decades. Even during his reign, Frederick devoted himself to his many-sided artistic and philosophical inclinations, was in contact with the great personalities of the intellectual history of his time - one only has to think of his intensive, witty correspondence with the French philosopher Voltaire - and was active as a writer, composer and philosopher. As the latter, he even professed himself in his will, in which he decreed as one of his last wishes a simple burial without great ceremonies: "I have lived as a philosopher and want to be buried as such, without ostentation, without solemn pomp. "2
The efforts mentioned by Frederick in the introductory quotation, which are necessary to create art, are not only based on theoretical considerations, but he could also draw on his own experience as a composer and flutist. Trained, among others, by the famous flutist Johann Joachim Quantz, his instrumental skills, according to tradition, reached a professional level.3 As a composer, Frederick left behind a thoroughly respectable oeuvre, although it is devoted primarily to his instrument, the flute.