Flute ca. 1852 Jean-Louis Tulou French The cross-fingerings used on simple-system flutes such as this created subtle variations in tone color from note to note. Despite the eventual dominance of Boehm’s 1847 cylindrical flute, many players preferred simple-system instruments throughout the nineteenth century. Tulou, a flautist with the Paris Opéra and professor at the Conservatoire, expressly rejected the Boehm flute. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #Romance/Waltz from Récréations musicales sur des motifs d'opéra Le Prophéte, Op. 321 by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Flute ca. 1852 Jean-Louis Tulou French The cross-fingerings used on simple-system flutes such as this created subtle variations in tone color from note to note. Despite the eventual dominance of Boehm’s 1847 cylindrical flute, many players preferred simple-system instruments throughout the nineteenth century. Tulou, a flautist with the Paris Opéra and professor at the Conservatoire, expressly rejected the Boehm flute. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #Romance/Waltz from Récréations musicales sur des motifs d'opéra Le Prophéte, Op. 321 by Giacomo Meyerbeer performed by Jan Boland, flute, and John Dowdall, guitar Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Flute 504487
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