Word: fluting
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From the Louis XV wing of the great palace at Fontainebleau came sounds of furious piano cadenzas, the scraping of violins, and of someone trying to conquer a flute. The Americans were back...
...handful of Americans had ever visited the country. But last fortnight the doings of the exotic Americans competed as an attraction with local goings on. This is the Nepalese marrying season. Beginning at 5:30 in the mornings, the streets of Kathmandu echo with sounds of three-man orchestras, flute, drum and tambourine, which accompany the bridegrooms, sitting in small palanquins, on their way to the weddings...
Compositions for harp, strings and flute will appear on the program of a concert Sunday at 3:30 o'clock in Sanders Theatre under the auspices of the Music Department...
Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto (Saidehberg Little Symphony, Daniel Saidenberg conducting; Concert Hall Society, 4 sides). Scored in Bach's concerto grosso style for flute, oboe and trumpet solo plus strings, it smacks more of Stravinsky than Bach, has a sensuous eeriness typical of some of Barber's later works...
...named written especially for the Orchestra. But despite its penchant for straying off the beaten soundtrack, the Sodality has developed a reputation for artistic presentations, and is now safely removed from the danger it was up against in 1832. In that year, the entire membership was concentrated in one flute player, a man who played alone with only tradition to direct him. The success of the recent concert showed the flutist played his part well...