Thomas Lindsay
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 216
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Richard M. Wilson's commentary on this facsimile edition examines the techniques most deeply implicated in contemporary English evaluations of "judgement and good taste": articulation, including extensive coverage of accent and emphasis as well as the controversial double tongue; fingering, with special attention to "modern" techniques including harmonics and "sensitive", or supersharpened, notes; facility in the most "pathetic" flat keys; and a "full, bold, and commanding Tone". Ardal Powell's Introduction presents Lindsay's tutor as revealing modes of hearing and of feeling musical expression that cannot be gleaned from other sources such as musical notation and commentary on performance. The essay discusses Lindsay's acute awareness of the English flute world, the controversies over Charles Nicholson and the contrasting classical style of continental visitors, and the role of amateur flute-playing in the construction of British middle-class musical taste. --Book Jacket.