Oates for Tanger
Thu, 28 Aug 2003
Burney on Quantz
"In 1752, Quantz, who had the honour of being the late King of Prussia's master on the German-flute, published in German and French an excellent treatise on the art of playing that instrument; a work not only useful to flute-players, but to every kind of musician. His counsel to young students in Music are built upon good sense and experience and though his genius for composition was not original, he was a keen observer of the beauties and defects of others, both in composition and performance. His advantages in hearing at Dresden, in the most flourishing time of that court, the greatest performers then living, and afterwards travelling through Europe for improvement, with an acute understanding and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, enabled him to embellish his instructions with anecdotes and observations which, notwithstanding the vicissitudes of taste and style, are still extremely valuable."
From Charles Burney, A general history of music. vol IV chapter 10 page 588. Facsimile at http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/facsim3/index/index2.htm
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