Oates for Tanger
Tue, 11 Feb 2003
Where are the flute players?
Of all composers who have recently written so diligently for the flute, thereby contributing to the instrument's rise and furthering of its skillful playing, Hoffmeister's name must be mentioned first. How many and how varied are his compositions for the flute? And where are the flute players among whom his works are not popular? (Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung 1800)
Where indeed?
Excerpted from the liner notes to The Galeazzi Ensembles cd "The Age of Elegance, 18th Century Music for Flute & Strings" on London Independant Records
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