The Flute

Episode of Series “We Make Music”. Richard Adeney, British flautist, discusses the development of the flute over ten centuries showing how the number of holes in the body of the instrument gradually increased and how the use of keys led to the complete chromatic scale. Illustrated by excerpts from Schubert, Mozart, Bizet, Tchaikovsky and Gluck.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q114500675 ↗ — year