The German Flute (1824-1846) Anne Pustlauk, Piet Kuijken

• Friedrich Kuhlau (1786 - 1832): Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 64:
• 1I. Allegro con energia08:50
• 2II. Andante07:02
• 3III. Finale (Allegro vivace)09:33
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin, D. 802:
• 4Introduction (Andante)03:07
• 5Theme (Andantino)02:23
• 6Variation 101:57
• 7Variation 201:48
• 8Variation 302:27
• 9Variation 401:58
• 10Variation 502:20
• 11Variation 603:02
• 12Variation 7 (Allegro)03:28
• Kaspar Kummer (1795 - 1870): Divertissement for Flute and Piano, Op. 13:
• 13Allegro con fuoco14:32
• Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (1792 - 1852):
• 14Adagio, WoO 703:17
• Total Runtime01:05:44

Info for The German Flute (1824-1846)

The flute has changed in the course of the 19th century as has no other musical instrument. From a conical wooden flute with only one key the flute gradually developed into a cylindrical metal flute with a complex key system – the Boehm system. In the course of this development many different types of flute existed simultaneously.

The technique of playing the German flute (or simple system flute) differs from that of the Boehm flute especially in the use of fingerings. For one note several different fingerings can be used in order to simplify passages or to adjust the intonation. One could also produce different effects according to the different tone colours of the fingerings.

Anne Pustlauk has devoted herself to the simple system flute and its performance practice in the context of an artistic doctorate. The results can be heard on this recording.

Anne Pustlauk, flute
Piet Kuijken, fortepiano

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