Word: fluting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with its macabre, Gesualdo-like modulations (superbly sung in the production); Phedre's pathetic scena, "Cruella mere des amours": the Act IV Hippolyte-Aricie duet, "Ah! fautil e un jour," with its revealing major-minor key shifts, and Aricie's closing "Nightingale Aria," one of the first soprano vs. flute bel canto trials...
Salute to the Flute...
...Your flute story [March 11] was excellent. Boehm would be thrilled to learn that 70.000 flutes were made in the U.S. last year by a dozen makers. An additional 15,000 were imported...
...overlook some revolutionary developments in flute technique: 1) the range is now six-plus octaves: 2) there are four ways to produce sound besides the normal way-"air rush," "buzz," "hhh-ttt" and "pop"; 3) the mobility of the performer reveals new potentialities for "stereophonic glissando," antiphony between direct and reflected sound, etc. Such potentialities signify the emergence of a new musical humanism...
ALBERT R. GOLDSMITH AUDREY B. SAYRE Pittsburgh Flute Club Pittsburgh...