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SECOND EDITION - SEPTEMBER 2021
Dear flutists,
We would like to introduce the Second Edition of The Babel Flute and thank all contributors who offered their unique research and knowledge to our flute community and made this edition very exciting!
▪︎ In this Edition we are celebrating a 30 year anniversary of Emanuel Flutes. Sofia de Salis met with Emanuel Arista in Switzerland and took an interview for our readers.
▪︎ Marco Gaudino did a very interesting research on the aerodynamics in the production of the flute sound.
▪︎ Vilma Campitelli tells us about Ethel Smyth, a revolutionary composer of the XIX century.
▪︎ Manuel Carranza introduces us to the music of Alejandro Nunez Allauca, a neo-indigenous Peruvian composer.
▪︎ Nicola Rizzo takes us through the fascinating history of jazz.
▪︎ Aiva Elsina offers a great approach to teach young flutists.
▪︎ Irina Nekipelova talks about Ernesto Koehler, a famous Italian flutist, who was active as a teacher and a principal flutist at the Imperial Orchestra in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
▪︎ Omar Acosta suggests creative excersises to enhance the flute practicing
▪︎ Lea Pearson gives a great advice on how to avoid physical injuries during studying and performing.
▪︎ Cate Hummel tells us about the legacy of Marcel Moyse teaching in the 21st century.
▪︎ Maurizio Bignardelli tells about an interesting discovery of historical recordings.
▪︎ Bill McBirnie offers his advice on improvisation.
▪︎ Ludwig Boehm, the great-great-grandson of Theobald Boehm explains the reasons and advantages of the original model with an open G# key.
▪︎ Mirella Pantano offers an article about Psycocynestesy on the flute.
▪︎ Yulia Berry talks about deep relations between music and poetry with several video examples of the flute repertoire.
▪︎ Onorio Zaralli offers articles on Analysis (of the Prokofiev Sonata), Playing in concert, Multimedia and Quizzes and games.
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ANNIVERSARY
A 30-Year Anniversary of Emanuel Flutes
Anniversary, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Flute Making and Repair, Interviews, North America, Switzerland / September 20, 2021 by Sofia de Salis In 2021 a renowned brand Emanuel Flutes, based in the Boston area, USA marks 30 years of making flutes of an exceptional sound and artistic quality. At the end of August Sofia de Salis met with a Master flutemaker Emanuel Arista in Zurich, Switzerland to talk about his work and vision of the flute handmaking art.FLUTE TECHNIQUE
The legacy of the teaching of Marcel Moyse for the 21st century
Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute Technique, North America / September 20, 2021 by Cate Hummel Marcel Moyse left this world nearly 40 years ago now in 1984. He was born near the end of the 19th century and came up as a
Как увеличить эффективность вашей работы на 200%?
Edition 1 - June 2021, Flute Technique, Russia / June 20, 2021 Секреты эффективных занятий (часть 2) от Софии де Салис Почему же так сложно бывает следовать тем готовым алгоритмам, правилам и схемам, о которых я рассказала в первой части статьи про
Psicocinestesia nel flauto traverso
Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy, Physiology / September 20, 2021
I principi di aerodinamica che regolano la produzione del suono nel flauto e negli strumenti a fiato
Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy, Physiology / September 20, 2021di Marco Gaudino Il suono è un fenomeno acustico, ossia udibile all’orecchio, prodotto dalle vibrazioni periodiche di un corpo elastico. Quale sia il corpo elastico
Helping Students with Tension, Pain and Anxiety
Edition 2 - September 2021, North America, Physiology / September 20, 2021PART 1: Awareness and Movement by Lea Pearson, DMA You have a student who seems tense. You want them to relax, because you know that
MULTIMEDIA
L’home recording: registrazioni di livello professionale
Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy, Multimedia / September 20, 2021by Onorio Zaralli Fino a qualche decennio fa, se si voleva registrare un brano per flauto solo o per un ensemble musicale, bisognava recarsi presso
Audacity, un software per l’editing audio / Audacity, a software for audio editing
Edition 1 - June 2021, Italy, Multimedia / June 20, 2021di Onorio Zaralli Tra i tanti programmi realizzati appositamente per l’audio editing quello che proponiamo è gratuito, semplice da usare e molto efficace: si chiama
INTERVIEWS
A 30-Year Anniversary of Emanuel Flutes
Anniversary, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Flute Making and Repair, Interviews, North America, Switzerland / September 20, 2021 by Sofia de Salis In 2021 a renowned brand Emanuel Flutes, based in the Boston area, USA marks 30 years of making flutes of an exceptional sound and artistic quality. At the end of August SofiaREAD MORE →5 Comments
Interview with Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Edition 1 - June 2021, Editors' Choice, Interviews, North America / June 20, 2021 by Yulia Berry It was not easy to find time in the busy schedule of Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, soloist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, but finally we met for a conversation and I was ableEnsembles & Repertoire
Formas de Interpretar y conocer la Flauta Flamenca
by Oscar de Manuel El arte flamenco, sin perder de
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Флейта и мандолина – ювелирная редкость в камерной музыке / Flute and mandolin – a jewel rarity in chamber music
Наталья Марашова В моей концертной практике имеется обширный опыт камерных
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La Flauta En El Tango – The Flute In Tango
By Eduardo Tami INTRODUCCIÓN El tango es una manifestación cultural
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Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Una compositrice rivoluzionaria del XIX sec.
Composers & Biographies, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Italy / September 20, 2021 di Vilma Campitelli Abstract Compositrice poliedrica inglese del XIX secolo. Paladina dei diritti delle donne vanta un catalogo che abbraccia più generi compositivi. É stata una voce significativa dell’800 musicale
Эрнесто Кёлер – Жемчужина Севера
Composers & Biographies, Edition 2 - September 2021, Russia / September 20, 2021 Ирина Некипелова Имя итальянско-русского флейтиста и композитора знакомо не одному поколению музыкантов. Сын и ученик Йозефа (Джузеппе) Венцеслава Кёлера (1809—1878), флейтиста придворного оркестра в Модене, родился в Модене 4 декабряCONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Alejandro Núñez Allauca, Neo-Indigenismo musical Peruano en la flauta (I)
Central-South America, Contemporary Music, Edition 2 - September 2021 / September 20, 2021Por Manuel Carranza Cueto En
Nono e il flauto
Contemporary Music, Edition 1 - June 2021, Italy / June 20, 2021Das atmende Klarsein (1981)ovvero La
FLUTE HISTORY
La Collezione 78 rpm di Giuseppe Bartolomeo Tesoriero
Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute History, Italy / September 20, 2021 By Maurizio Bignardelli Abstract In questo testo si narra di un ritrovamento, avvenuto un po’ di anni fa sull’isola di Stromboli: una cassa di dischi d’epoca, appartenuta a una famiglia
Add a Vintage Flute to your Repertoire!
Edition 1 - June 2021, Flute History, North America / June 20, 2021 by Alan Weiss Many flutists have been finding value in playing and understanding traversos and simple system flutes for 18th and early 19th century compositions. Playing these instruments adds insightETHNIC FLUTES
Mitologia e spiritualità
Edition 1 - June 2021, Ethnic Flutes, Italy / June 20, 2021di Marco Felicioni Il fascino
PERÚ, MÚSICA PARA EL MUNDO / Peru, music for the world
Central-South America, Edition 1 - June 2021, Ethnic Flutes / June 20, 2021por Manuel Carranza Cueto Cuando
JAZZ FLUTE
Wayman Carver e Harry Klee
Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy, Jazz Flute / September 20, 2021Storia del flauto jazz -
So you want to improvise, do you?
Edition 2 - September 2021, Jazz Flute, North America / September 20, 2021by Bill McBirnie From the
NEWS & EVENTS
5th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute
by Ludwig Böhm The 5th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and
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Международный Киевский Флейтовый Фестиваль: традиции и новации / International Kyiv Flute Festival
Антон Кушнир Международный Киевский Флейтовый Фестиваль – новый проект открытый
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FLUTE PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION
S. Prokofiev, Sonata in Re Magg. op. 94
Analysis & Interpretation, Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy / September 20, 2021 by Onorio Zaralli Questa Sonata fu scritta ad Alma Ata durante gli anni dolorosi della Seconda Guerra mondiale. Eseguita per la prima volta nel 1943 dal flautista Charkovsky, “accompagnato” al pianoforte da Sviatoslav Richter, l’Autore
Esiste una “etica interpretativa”?
Analysis & Interpretation, Edition 1 - June 2021, Italy / June 20, 2021 di Onorio Zaralli E' una questione delicata, ma troppo fondamentale per non essere affrontata.Partiamo da una dichiarazione di Arturo Toscanini: a chi gli chiese, un giorno, "Maestro, qual è il suo stile?", Toscanini rispose "IlPLAYING IN CONCERT
Conoscere lo stato emotivo
di Onorio Zaralli Excerpt from Onorio Zaralli's book
Posted: Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy, Playing In Concert / September 20, 2021
L’emotività
di Onorio Zaralli Parleremo ora della dimensione emotiva
Posted: Edition 1 - June 2021, Italy, Playing In Concert / June 20, 2021FLUTE MAKING & REPAIR
Theobald Böhm’s comment on the open G sharp key
Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute Making and Repair, Germany / September 20, 2021 by Ludwig Böhm In 1981, 5 letters of Theobald Böhm to Wilhelm Popp appeared in Sweden by the aid of my research ad in a music journal, which are todayA 30-Year Anniversary of Emanuel Flutes
Anniversary, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Flute Making and Repair, Interviews, North America, Switzerland / September 20, 2021 by Sofia de Salis In 2021 a renowned brand Emanuel Flutes, based in the Boston area, USA marks 30 years of making flutes of an exceptional sound and artistic quality. AtEDUCATION
CHILDREN’S CORNER
Learn to listen and listen to learn!
Children's Corner, Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy / September 20, 2021 by Aiva Elsina It is the beginning of a new school year. Everything starts again. New hopes and new projects. But there is one goal all the teachers share. We want our students to improve,TOP 5 strategies to trick Lazy Giovannis and Tired Suzies into playing
Children's Corner, Edition 1 - June 2021, Italy / June 20, 2021 by Aiva Elsina Oh, teaching, TEACHING! "What a wonderful job!" I usually hear people saying when I mention my profession. Yes, we teachers have an important task to shape our students' lives, to teach themFLUTE IN ART
Flute in poetry and poems for the flute
by Yulia Berry “Poetry is
Posted: Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute in Art, North America / September 20, 2021
The divine origin of music and flute in Greek Mythology
by Yulia Berry The ancient
Posted: Edition 1 - June 2021, Flute in Art, North America / June 20, 2021
EDITORS' CHOICE
EDITORS’ CHOICE
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Una compositrice rivoluzionaria del XIX sec.
Composers & Biographies, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Italy / September 20, 2021 di Vilma Campitelli Abstract Compositrice poliedrica inglese del XIX secolo. Paladina dei diritti delle donne vanta un catalogo che abbraccia più generi compositivi. É stata una voce significativa dell’800 musicaleA 30-Year Anniversary of Emanuel Flutes
Anniversary, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Flute Making and Repair, Interviews, North America, Switzerland / September 20, 2021 by Sofia de Salis In 2021 a renowned brand Emanuel Flutes, based in the Boston area, USA marks 30 years of making flutes of an exceptional sound and artistic quality. AtAnna Bon (1738 – dopo 1767) Una compositrice veneziana del XVIII secolo / Anna Bon – a Venetian composer of the XVIII century
Composers & Biographies, Edition 1 - June 2021, Editors' Choice, Italy / June 20, 2021 di Vilma Campitelli Anna Bon, virtuosa, cantante e compositrice veneziana del XVIII secolo. Un raro esempio di professionista alle corti Europee del ‘700.Compone pagine per flauto, per voce e perИтальянский солист российского императора / The Italian soloist of the Russian Emperor
Composers & Biographies, Edition 1 - June 2021, Editors' Choice, Russia / June 20, 2021 Марина Вологдина 160 лет тому назад, в 1861 году, Высочайшим указом Александра II была учреждена Санкт-Петербургская консерватория, официальное открытие которой состоялось годом позже. Первым её профессором по классу флейты сталInterview with Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Edition 1 - June 2021, Editors' Choice, Interviews, North America / June 20, 2021 by Yulia Berry It was not easy to find time in the busy schedule of Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, soloist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, but finally we met for aФлейта в творчестве трёх поколений Моцартов / Flute In The Works Of Three Generations of Mozarts
Edition Zero - March 2021, Editors' Choice, Europe, Flute History, Russia / March 20, 2021 Марина Вологдина / Marina Vologdina «Вечный солнечный свет в музыке – имя тебе Моцарт!» - так сказал Антон Рубинштейн о великом австрийском композиторе, чьё имя стало синонимом гениальности. Но родисьWORLD REGIONS
EUROPE
S. Prokofiev, Sonata in Re Magg. op. 94
Analysis & Interpretation, Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy / September 20, 2021 by Onorio Zaralli Questa Sonata fu scritta ad Alma Ata durante gli anni dolorosi della Seconda Guerra mondiale. Eseguita per la prima volta nel 1943 dal flautista Charkovsky, “accompagnato” al pianoforte da Sviatoslav Richter, l’AutoreLa Collezione 78 rpm di Giuseppe Bartolomeo Tesoriero
Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute History, Italy / September 20, 2021 By Maurizio Bignardelli Abstract In questo testo si narra di un ritrovamento, avvenuto un po’ di anni fa sull’isola di Stromboli: una cassa di dischi d’epoca, appartenuta a una famiglia di emigranti. La famiglia TesorieroEthel Smyth (1858-1944) Una compositrice rivoluzionaria del XIX sec.
Composers & Biographies, Edition 2 - September 2021, Editors' Choice, Italy / September 20, 2021 di Vilma Campitelli Abstract Compositrice poliedrica inglese del XIX secolo. Paladina dei diritti delle donne vanta un catalogo che abbraccia più generi compositivi. É stata una voce significativa dell’800 musicale britannico ed europeo. Arrestata perchéConoscere lo stato emotivo
Edition 2 - September 2021, Italy, Playing In Concert / September 20, 2021 di Onorio Zaralli Excerpt from Onorio Zaralli's book "Playing with the soul" ©2017 Conoscere è una esigenza dell’uomo. Ignorare è un bisogno dell’uomo.La differenza è chiara: conosco, quando ho esigenza di imparare e di crescereAUSTRALIA
NORTH AMERICA
So you want to improvise, do you?
Edition 2 - September 2021, Jazz Flute, North America / September 20, 2021 by Bill McBirnie From the start, I can guarantee you that learning to improvise will give you a genuine opportunity to free and liberate yourself. However, learning how to improvise can be a daunting task,Flute in poetry and poems for the flute
Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute in Art, North America / September 20, 2021 by Yulia Berry “Poetry is music in words, and music is poetry in sound.”Fuller Wikipedia defines Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, “making”) as a sort of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities ofThe legacy of the teaching of Marcel Moyse for the 21st century
Edition 2 - September 2021, Flute Technique, North America / September 20, 2021 by Cate Hummel Marcel Moyse left this world nearly 40 years ago now in 1984. He was born near the end of the 19th century and came up as a student of Paul Taffanel, PhilippeHelping Students with Tension, Pain and Anxiety
Edition 2 - September 2021, North America, Physiology / September 20, 2021 PART 1: Awareness and Movement by Lea Pearson, DMA You have a student who seems tense. You want them to relax, because you know that it will help them play better. You suggest they letCENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA
Alejandro Núñez Allauca, Neo-Indigenismo musical Peruano en la flauta (I)
Por Manuel Carranza Cueto En
Posted: Central-South America, Contemporary Music, Edition 2 - September 2021 / September 20, 2021PERÚ, MÚSICA PARA EL MUNDO / Peru, music for the world
por Manuel Carranza Cueto Cuando
Posted: Central-South America, Edition 1 - June 2021, Ethnic Flutes / June 20, 2021La Flauta En El Tango – The Flute In Tango
By Eduardo Tami INTRODUCCIÓN El
Posted: Central-South America, Edition 1 - June 2021, Ensembles & Repertoire / June 20, 2021RUSSIA
Эрнесто Кёлер – Жемчужина Севера
Composers & Biographies, Edition 2 - September 2021, Russia / September 20, 2021 Ирина Некипелова Имя итальянско-русского флейтиста и композитора знакомо не одному поколению музыкантов. Сын и ученик Йозефа (Джузеппе) Венцеслава Кёлера (1809—1878), флейтиста придворного оркестра в Модене, родился в Модене 4 декабря 1849 года. В детстве ЭрнестоКак увеличить эффективность вашей работы на 200%?
Edition 1 - June 2021, Flute Technique, Russia / June 20, 2021 Секреты эффективных занятий (часть 2) от Софии де Салис Почему же так сложно бывает следовать тем готовым алгоритмам, правилам и схемам, о которых я рассказала в первой части статьи про эффективные занятия? К примеру, «СинтетическийИтальянский солист российского императора / The Italian soloist of the Russian Emperor
Composers & Biographies, Edition 1 - June 2021, Editors' Choice, Russia / June 20, 2021 Марина Вологдина 160 лет тому назад, в 1861 году, Высочайшим указом Александра II была учреждена Санкт-Петербургская консерватория, официальное открытие которой состоялось годом позже. Первым её профессором по классу флейты стал известный итальянский музыкант Чезаре Чиарди,Флейта и мандолина – ювелирная редкость в камерной музыке / Flute and mandolin – a jewel rarity in chamber music
Edition 1 - June 2021, Ensembles & Repertoire, Germany, Russia / June 20, 2021 Наталья Марашова В моей концертной практике имеется обширный опыт камерных составов с участием мандолины. В основном это широко распространенные классические составы, например мандолина и фортепиано, мандолина и струнные или, один из самых часто встречающихся (еслиUKRAINE
Международный Киевский Флейтовый Фестиваль: традиции и новации / International Kyiv Flute Festival
Антон Кушнир Международный Киевский Флейтовый
Posted: Edition 1 - June 2021, News and Events, Ukraine / June 20, 2021
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