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Baroque Studies for Modern Flute-Elizabeth Walker
Baroque Studies for Modern Flute-Elizabeth Walker
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(Wonderful Winds) WINNER “Best Flute Method” NFA Newly Published Music Competition 2017. Unlock the secrets of baroque music and enhance your flute playing with Elizabeth Walker’s Baroque Studies for Modern Flute. Building on the success of her award-winning Baroque Flute Studies, this new book delves into the techniques and interpretation of baroque performance, providing invaluable insights for the modern flute player.
Whether you need to add ornaments to a baroque piece or want to make a Menuet dance off the page, this book has got you covered. Through exercises on tone, style, articulation, and clear explanations of ornaments, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of baroque music’s symbols and unwritten practices.
Elizabeth Walker’s expertise as a Baroque flute specialist and her experience interpreting baroque repertoire on the modern flute ensures a unique and informative guide. The book includes carefully selected examples from the baroque repertoire, encompassing solos, duets, trios, and orchestral excerpts, making it a valuable resource for flautists of all levels.
Elizabeth Walker
Elizabeth Walker is a versatile flautist known for her performances on baroque, 8-keyed, and modern flutes. Based in the UK, she plays with orchestras and gives solo recitals worldwide. She also teaches at the specialist music school in Wells and organizes Flutes in Tuscany, an annual flute course in Italy.
Her musical journey began at the Royal College of Music as a Junior Exhibitioner, where she received the Sally Wainwright woodwind prize in 1985. She furthered her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, mastering Renaissance flute, baroque, eight-keyed classical flute, and modern flute.
Elizabeth has contributed to numerous recordings for the New London Consort under the Decca label. Her passion for music extends to composition and arrangement. She has arranged and recorded music for flute and piano and written two award-winning study books.
Her dedication to preserving musical history is evident in her recordings. She recorded the Telemann 12 Fantasias and Flute Sonatas by J.S. Bach on a FluteMakers Guild flute and Schubert’s works for flute and piano using her original Louis Lot flute.
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