The flûte d'amour (Italian: flauto d'amore, German: Liebesflöte, translates as: Love Flute) is an uncommon member of the Western concert flute family, pitched in A♭, A, or B♭[1] and is intermediate in size between the modern C concert flute and the alto flute in G. It is sometimes thought of as the mezzo-soprano member of the flute family. It is also sometimes called a tenor flute.[2]
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It is 100–205 mm (4–8 in) longer than the concert flute and plays either a major second, minor third, or major third below the standard C flute.[3] A number of these instruments have survived. Apart from their length, they do not differ in any way from the concert flute; the bore diameter and embouchure are identical.
"When Verdi composed the opera Aida for performance in Cairo in 1871, he conceived the 'Sacred Egyptian Dance,' the finale of Act I, as being played by a group of three flûtes ď amour, and three such flutes were especially constructed in Milan. ... In present-day performances of this opera, the music for the flûtes ďamour is usually assigned to other instruments."[4]
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Various cantata movements Pastorale from Christmas Oratorio possibly Sonata in B minor. |
Ignaz Jacob Holzbauer (1711–1783) | La Passione di Jesu Christo |
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) | Notturno in E♭ for Flute – Flute d'amore – (A♭) two horns in E♭ – two violas – cello or bassoon. Notturno in E♭ Flute d'amore – Horn in E♭ and Viola. (Trio) |
Joseph Weigl (1766–1846 | Concerto in E♭ for Cor Anglais – Flute d'amore – (A♭) Trumpet in E♭ – Viola d'amore – Glockenspiel – Euphonium – Cembalo – and cello. With echo ensemble: Cor anglais – Flute d'amore – (A♭) Trumpet and cello. |
Fredrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795) | No title located |
Antonio Messina-Rosaryo | Fantasia Diabolica (bass flute – flute d'amore & flute/piano) |
Giuseppi Richter 18th/19 Century | Quintet for 4 concert flutes and flute d'amore (in A♭) |
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783) | Concerto in F for flute d'amore (B♭) and strings. |
Severio Mercadante (1795–1870) | Trio for Flute – Flute d'amore and cello in F major. Fantasia Concertante for flute – flute d'amore and orchestra |
Stephen Dodgson (b.1924) | O Swallow – flute d'amore (A) and piano |
Missing scores of known flute d'amore compositions |
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Johann Morawetz: Eight nocturnes for flute d'amore, 2 violins, 2 trumpets and cello. |
Johann Neubauer: Two nocturnes for flute, flute d'amore, 2 rns,[clarification needed] 2 violins and cello |
F.G.Reymann: 13 concerti for Flute, Flute d'amore, 2 horns, 2 violas and cello. |
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