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Story of the Flute

we have one flute and two oboes playing quite long and delightfully fresh passages entirely alone. Duets for

Haydn, Military Symphony.


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flute and bassoon in octaves frequently occur in his works, and, like Mozart, he is fond of writing melodiousHaydn's Symphonies passages for the flute, clarinet, and bassoon in three distinct octaves. The finale to the Seventh Symphony has a regular solo for two flutes in thirds. His flute passages avoid the notes at either extreme of the compass, and as a rule lie between F′ and F′′′. They have a delightful freshness and are skilfully written to display the beauties of the middle register of the old flute. He often gives the flute a little ascending passage quite

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r32 f'[ a' c''] ees''[ f'' a'' c'''] ees'''2}
alone at the end of a phrase or movement, as in the Largo of the Twelfth Symphony—

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