At 12:07 AM -0500 2/23/09, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:01 PM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
And incidentally, while modern flutists play this music (and often play it
very well), it was written for recorder, NOT for transverse flute. The range
fits like a glove.
The source I have specifically has "flute" not the typical recorder marking,
but the french violin clef is typical for recorder music too. There is
another source for this suite in Belgium, but I don't have that handly
unfortunately.
The word "flute" or "flauto" without any modifying words normally
meant recorder. The other kind would have been indicated as
"traverso," "flauto traverso," "German flute," or something similar.
And you're quite right, when in doubt the clef and the range can be
pretty definitive. In fact one use of the French violin clef was to
provide a transposition of a traverso part up a third for alto
(treble) recorder. Vivaldi's "piccolo" concerti were for sopranino
recorder, and lie perfectly in its range.
John
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