Index.

Agility of the flute, 95

Agricola, 27

"Airs with variations," 109

Almain whistle, the, 74

Altès, H., 205

Alto flutes, 88-91

America, the flute in, 225
———the Böhm introduced, 227
———early players, 225
—————flute-dealers, 226
———later players, 226
———native-born players, 228

American authors, flute in, 236, 242

Amory's Life of John Buncle, 258

Ancient players of note, 12

Andersen, Miss, 223

Animals, effect of the flute on, 264

Antiquity of the flute, 1

Apuleius, 5

Arab "Nay," the, 6

Arbeau's Orchesographie, 74

"Archool," the, 9

"Arigot," the, 75

Art, the flute in, 25, 35, 189n.

Ashe, 207

"Aulos," the, 6

Australian flautist, 229

Automaton flute-players, 257

Avison, Musical Expression, 178

Bach, J. S., his flute passages, 118, 121
———flute obligatos, 119
———his flute sonatas, 102
———flauto-piccolo in, 121

Bacon on flutes, fifes, and recorders, 34

Balance of tone, 120

Barrett, W. L., 214
———his flute, 71

Bass flutes, 87-8
—————in Handel, 123

Bayr, George, 97

Beaked flutes, 16

Beethoven's flute sonata, 103
———piccolo in, 82, 142
——Leonora, No. 3, 143
———symphonies, 139
———the "Pastorale," 140

Berbiguier's life, 196
———compositions, 104

Berlioz, 161-163
———piccolo in, 82-85, 163 —————remarks on, 81

Best keys for flute music, 99

Bianchini, Signora, 222

Bible, flute in the, 10, 237, 270

Bibliography, magazine articies, 282
———treatises, 281

Biglioni, 41

Birmingham flute society, 72

Bishop's Lo, hear the Gentle Lark, 86, 113

Bizet's Carmen, 83, 166

Blavet, M., 35, 101

Blicher, S, S., 249

Blind flautists, 258

Böhm, 52-59
———as a player, 58
———centenary, 59
———compositions, 58
———"crutch," 254
———flute of 1831, 53
—————of 1832, 54
—————of 1847, 56
—————introduced in the Paris Conservatoire, 55, 202
—————in America, 227
———his opinion on players, 218
—————on materials, 278
———pamphlets, 58
———schema, 57

Boie, 39

"Bombux," the, 8

Boucher, 219

Brahms, flute and piccolo in, 83, 162n.

Bricciardi, 203
———B♭ lever, 69

Brossa, F., 214

Buchner, 219

Buftardin, 35

Buffet's needle springs, 66

Bulbed flutes of ancients, 9

Burmese flutes, 266

Cadenzas for flute, 151, 165n.

Cann, Miss, 222

Capeller, 52
———mouthpiece, 255
———shake-key, 45

"Capistrum," the, 14

Card, W., 67, 206n.

Cardigan (Mrs. Honig), Miss, 223

Carte's flutes, 69-70

Chamber music by classical composers, 181
—————for wind alone, 183-184
—————for wind with strings, 184
—————large combinations, octetts, nonetts, etc., best, 184
—————piccolo in, 184
—————for flutes alone, 185

Cherubini's famous joke, 135

Chevalier flute, the, 34

Chinese flutes, 25, 262

Ciardi, 203

Classical legends, 2

Clinton, 56, 210
———his flutes, 70
———on Böhm, 62

Coche's attack on Böhm, 60
———inventions, 66

Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha, 169

Collard's flute, 71

Colonieu, 71

Conical bore introduced, 38

Corrette's Methode, 275

Costume, etc., of ancient players, 13

Cotgrave's Dictionary, 2, 75

Cox, John S., 229

Crump, Miss, 223

Curious materials used for flutes, 252

D'Alembert's Encyclopéie Methodique. 42, 257

De Jong, 214

De Vroÿe, 218

Demersseman, 108, 202

Demeurs, pupil of Dorus, 202

Denner, 38

Der Freischutz, 143

Destouches and Lalande's Elements, 81

Devienne, 41, 43, 104

Dickens and the flute, 239

Diderot's bass flute, 88
——Encyclopœdia, 41

Difficult passages in modern compositions, 176-179

Doppler, 201
———compositions, 111

Dorus, 202
G♯ key, 67

Double and triple recorders, 19
———flutes, ancient, 8

Double-tongueing, 96

Dragon flute, Chinese, 263

Dressier, 206n.

Drouet, 197-200

Dulon, F. L , 258

Dvořák, 163-5
———piccolo in, 83, 165
——The Spectre's Bride, 164

Early British players, 206
———Christians and the flute, 270
———critiques, 109
———composers for the flute, 100
———musical treatises, 27
———pictures containing flutes, 25, 33
———references in English literature, 230-3

Eben, Felix J., 227

Ebonite flutes, 278

Egyptian flutes, 4

Eight-keyed flute, the, 45

Elgar, Miss, 223

Encyclopédie Methodique, 42, 257

Epithets applied to the flute, 236

Ernst, Philip, 226

Etruscan flutes, 9

Extreme high notes, 177

F flute, the, 85

Farrenc, 108

Female Composers for the flute, 224
———players, 220

Festing, 207

Fife, early history, 73
—————music for, 75
———in English Literature, 231
—————Opera, 79
———the true, 79
———with drum, 75

Fingerholes, development of, 7

Fipple, the, 6

"Flageletto" notes, 96

Flageolet, the, 20

Flautist-composers, 104

Flautists, nationality of, 216

Flood-Porter, Miss, 223

Florio, 41

Flute-à-bec, the, 16

Flute d'Amour, the, 91
———and harp, 113, 162
———and guitar, 113
———considered an amatory instrument, 269-271
———early foreign representations and references, 25
———epithets applied to, 236
———legends about the, 249-251
———quartetts, 185
———in Addison, 238
———in American authors, 236, 242-248
———in Bible, 10, 237, 270
———in Chaucer, etc., 230
———in Dickens and other novelists, 239
———in early dramatists, 232
———in English poets, 234-238
———in Goldsmith, 239
———in Milton, 236
———in Shakespeare, 231

Flutes with keys, 34

Four flutes in orchestral works, 161

Fransella, A., 215

Frederick the Great, 188

Frisch, 81

Furstenau, 200

Geminiam's Rides for Playing, 276

Gevaert on the flute, 95

Giorgi flute, the, 257

"Glide" eftect, the, 98, 109

Gluck, his flute passages, 129-132
———his Orfeo, 129
———his use of the lowest notes, 131
———piccolo in, 131

Godfroy, 56

Gold flutes, 278

Golden age of the flute, 108

Good flute music, 107, 111

Gordon, 48-52
———his flutes, 50

Gordon-Böhm controversy, 59 64

Gounod, 82

Greenhead, Miss, 222

Grenser, K., 260

Grieg, flute and piccolo in, 165

Griffith, F., 215

Guillou, 197, 206n.

Halicarnassus flute, the, 24

Hallet, B., 260

Handel, his use of the flute, 122, 127
———combines flute and organ, 127
———his "flauto-piccolo," 125
———his flautist, 129
———his flute sonatas, 102
———his obligatos, 124, 127
———his orchestra, 128

Harmonics, 95

Haydn, his flute passages, 132-134
———his chief flautist, 132
———his flute sonata, 103
———his symphonies, 134
——The Creation, 133

Hebrew "Mashrokitha," the, 10, 231, 270

Hebrews considered flute profane, 270

Heckel's Cap, 257

Heind'l, 227

Heinemayer, 206n.

Hirsch, 132

Hoffmann, G., 42

Hotteterre, 35
———his flute, 38
———his Principés de la Flûte traversière, 35, 275
———music by, 37, 275

Hudson, E., 215
———Miss, 223

Hugot, A., 193

Hummel's septetts, 182

Indian flutes, 25, 266

Instruction Books, early, 275
—————first English, 276
—————later English, 277

Interchangeable middle sections, 39

Ireland, flautist, 182

Ismenias, 15

Italian operatic composers, flute in, 152

Japanese flutes, 263
———legend concerning the flute, 264

Juba's Theatrical History, 6

Juvigny, 20

Kaffir flute, 266

"Kaval," the, 6

Keyless flutes, 23

Keys, addition of, 34
———the D♯. 34
———the low C, 41
———F♮, G♯, B♭, 41-42
———C♮ 43
———long F♮, 43
———long B♭, 44

Keys on recorders, 18

King Henry VIII., 19, 76, 192

Kircher, 17, 32

Kohler, E. , 219

Koppitz, 97

Krakamp, 206n.

Krantz, 219

Kreith, 206n.

Kuhlau and his compositions, 105
———his friendship with Beethoven, 106
———his successors, 107

Kusder, 38, 42

Kyle, John, 228

La Barre, 35

Lady flautistes, 220
—————ancient, 221
—————modern, 223
—————American, 223

Lady Maket flutes, 5

Lahou, 206n.

Lamia, 221

Lanier, Sidney, 229, 246

Le Thiere, 81

Left-handed flautists, 196

Legendary date of invention of the flute, 2

Legends about the flute, 249-251

Lemmone, J., 229

Lemon-sucking, effect of, 261

Literary flautists, 246-8

Loeillet, J. B., 100

Lorenzo, L. de, 228

Lorenzoni's instruction book, 277

Love-flutes of American Indians, etc., 268

Lulli, 117

Luscinius, 27

Macgregor's bass and alto flutes, 87, 90

Machault and Deschamps, 26

Magic Flute, The, 137

Mahault's Tutor, 276

Marschner, 82

Marsyas, 3

"Mashrokitha," the Hebrew, 10, 237, 270

Massenet, 83

Materials for flute-tubes, 278

Mathews, J., and his flute, 72

Mendelssohn, 155-158
———his symphonies, 157
——Midsummer Night's Dream, 155
———use of low register, 156
———piccolo in, 158

Merci, L., 101

Mersenne's description, 29, 32

Metal flutes, 278

Mexican and Peruvian flutes, 267, 269

Meyerbeer, 148-152
———curious combinations in, 149
———his use of the flute, 150
———obligato for two flutes, 151
———piccolo in, 148

Midas, story of, 3

Military fifes and drums, 76-79

Minerva, Ascham on, 270n.

Modern flute composers, 112
———French composers, 165-6

Modern Musick Master, The, 22, 276

Molé, Charles, 228

Mollenhauer's mouth-piece. 257

Monteverde's Orfeo, 117

Mouth-piece, Townley's, 255
———Mollenhauer's, 257
———Wheatstone's, 256

Mozart, flute passages, 135-138
———his flute concertos, 138
———his operas, 137
———his Symphonies and Serenades, 136
———his piccolo passages,136
———his dislike of the flute, 135
———his favorite flautist, 135

Music for flute by classical composers, 102

Names given to favourite flutes, 191n.

"Nay," the, 6

Nebuchadnezzar's flute, 10, 237, 270

Needham, V. L., 215

Needle-springs, 66

Negri, 219

Nicholson, Charles, 208

Nicholson, Henry, 211

Nolan's ring-key, 45

North American Indian flutes, 268

Nose-flutes, 266

Number of flutes used increased, 160

Obligatos for the flute, 113
———in Lucia de Lammermoor, 152
———in Bach, 119
———in Handel, 124, 127
———for two flutes, 151

"Oh, ruddier than the Cherry," 124

One-armed flautists, 259

Open keys, 44

Orchestra, early examples of the flute in, 115

Organ and flute, 127

Origin of the flute, 4

Origin of the name "flute," 2

Ornamented flutes, 254

Osiris, the Egyptian God, 4

Osterle, Otto, 229

Paggi, Miss, 223

Paintings, the flute in, 33, 189n.

Penville, Miss, 223

Perforated keys, 56

Petersen, Miss, 222

Philbert, 34, 193

"Photinx," the, 6

Piccolo, the, 80
———as a solo instrument, 85
———Berlioz's remarks on, 81
———characteristics of, 8
———early examples of its use, 81
———military varieties, 85
———in D♭ used, 84
———two used, 81-84, 132, 136, 147, 149, 165, 169, 170
———three used, 84
———use by great composers, 82
———in Bach, 121
—————Beethoven, 82, 142
—————Berlioz, 82-85, 163
—————Dvořák, 83, 165
—————Gluck, 131
—————Grieg, 165
—————Handel, 125
—————Mendelssohn, 158
—————Meyerbeer, 148
—————Mozart, 136
—————Rossini, 153
—————Schubert, 159
—————Schumann, 82, 85, 160
—————Spohr, 84, 85
—————Strauss, 177
—————Sullivan, 82, 168
—————Tschaïkowsky, 176
—————Wagner, 83, 172
—————Weber, 81, 147
———in chamber music, 184
———with cymbals, etc., 84

"Plagiaulos," the, 12

Polynesian flutes, 266

Popularity of the flute, 10, 94
—————recorder, 19

Pottgiesser, 44

Pratten, 210

———his "Perfected" flute, 71

Prætorius, 28

Prejudice against the flute, 269

Present-day foreign players, 219

Prill, 219

Puritan attack on the flute, 271

Quantz, J. J., his life, 186-193
—————compositions, 102
—————instruction book, 277
—————inventions, 40

Quesnel, Alfred, 228

Quintetts for wind alone, 183-4

Rabboni, 219

Radcliff, 214
———his flute, 71

Rameau, 81

Rebsomen, Count, 259

Recorder, the, 18
———some old players, 20

Redfern, E. S., 215

"Register," The, 39

Reicha's Quintetts, 183

Reichert, 206n.

Remusat, 206n.

Ribas, 204

Ribock, 42, 43, 66

Richardson, 209

Ring-keys, 45

Rockstro's attack on Böhm, 63
———flutes, 71

Roe, 81

Rossini's William Tell, 153

Royal flautists, 192n.

Rudall, Carte & Co., 69

Salomon de Caus, 32

Saust, 206n.

Saynor, 206n.

Schafhault, 55

Schickhard's Principes, 276

Schubert's use of the flute and piccolo, 159
———flute solo, 103

Schumann, the flute and piccolo in, 82, 85, 160

Schweitzerpfeiff, the, 26, 73

"Sebi," the, 4

Shakes and trills, 98

Shakespeare, fife and flute in, 231

Shepherd's instrument, the flute a, 234

Sibelius, 177

Siccama's flutes, 67

Silver flutes, 278

Smith, Miss L., 223

Sola, 206n.

Songs with flute obligato, 113

Soussmann, 206n.

South American flutes, 267

Spohr's Nonett, 182

Spontini, 84

Stanhope, Miss, 223

Statistics about flautists. 216

Strauss, R., flute and piccolo in, 176-179

Striggio's La Cofanaria, 117

Sturges, R. Y., 248

Style of performance, English and foreign, 217
———Böhm's views on, 218

Sullivan, The Golden Legend, 82, 167-169

Svendsen, 213

Tacet, 42, 207

Taffanel, 184, 205

Terschak, 204
———his compositions, 111

Theorbo and flute in Handel, 128

Thoinan's Les Hotieterre, 35

Tierce flute, the, 85

Tillmetz, 219

Tone of the flute, 93

Tone affected by material used, 280

Townley's mouthpiece, 255

Transverse flute, was it known to the ancients? 23-24
—————known to ancient Chinese, 25
—————in mediæval Europe, 25, 26
—————introduced into England, 33

Tremolo passages, 96, 98

Tromlitz, 43

Tschaikowsky, 173-176

"Tsche," the Chinese, 263

Tuille's Sextett, 183

Tulou, 196-197

Tuning slides, 39

Two flutes in thirds, 98

V-notch, the, 7

Various registers of the flute, 95

Verdi, 83

"Vibrato," the, 98

Virdung, 27

Vivian, 214

"Vivo," the, 266

Wagner, 170-173
———piccolo in, 83, 172
——— his Lohengrin, 144

Walking-stick flutes, 253

Ward's flutes, 50n, 66, 255

Weber, 143-148
——Der Freuchüts, 144
———piccolo in, 83, 147

Wehner, C, 227

Weidemann, 129

Weiner, Eugene, 228

Weird flute story, 241

Wells, B., 211

Wendling, J., 41, 135

Wheatstone's mouthpiece, 256

Wild, Miss, 223

William Tell overture, 153

Winnebago love-flute, 268

Winter, Joseph, 258

Wood, D. S., 215

Wood and silver flutes compared, 278

Woolhouse, Miss, 223

Wunderlich, J. G., 193

Young, H., 81

Youthful prodigies, 260

Zerrahn, Carl, 227