by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Author), Manfred Harras (Editor)

• attractive selection of 18th-century flute music, with all important composers represented • contains much useful information for flute players, including ornament realizations, breathing suggestions and advice on tonguing • notes accompanying each piece introduce the composers and often advise on dynamics and speeds • separate, fingered continuo part allows the bass line to be doubled by a string player or for keyboard players to improvise their own accompaniment

• pieces arranged in progressive order of difficulty, with Book I covering Grades 1-5 and Book II covering Grades 6-8 • explores different aspects of the flautist’s technique through the grades, with a mix of articulations, speeds, time signatures and rhythms • attractive and well-crafted studies • titles (Rag-time Flute, Dreamy Flute, Furious Flute) will help the performer to create an individual mood for each piece

Instrumentation: transverse flute CD Publisher: Musikverlag Chester