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Flute

A guide to library resources for flute players

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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