Research Guides: Flute: Historic Overviews

Overviews of Flute History

The following books in the UO Libraries Music Collection provide detailed scholarly coverage of the history and development of the flute:

The Look of Music: Rare Musical Instruments, 1500-1900 by Phillip T. Young
Call Number: ML462 .Y68
Publication Date: 1980
The Flute by Ardal Powell
Call Number: ML935 .P69 2002
Publication Date: 2002
The Flute Book by Nancy Toff
Call Number: ML935 .T65 2012
Publication Date: 2012
The Flute and Flute Playing by Theobald Boehm; Dayton C. Miller (Translator)
Call Number: ML936 .B682 1964
Publication Date: 2011
A Treatise on the Construction, the History and the Practice of the Flute, Including a Sketch of the Elements of Acoustics and Critical Notices of Sixty Celebrated Flute-Players by Richard Shepherd Rockstro; Georgina M Rockstro
Call Number: ML936 .R8 1928a
Publication Date: 1967
The Early Flute: A Practical Guide by Rachel Brown
Call Number: ML937 .B76 2002
Publication Date: 2003

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