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Colonel Richard Hutchinson Long (1740-1814) was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Edward Long (ca. 1705-1773) and grandson of Robert Long (ca. 1665-1712) of Graystown. He joined the East India Company in 1769 and served in India until he resigned in 1783 for health reasons. While in India, he had an illegitimate daughter born in 1777. After his return to Ireland, He purcased an estate at Armayle, near Cashel, Tipperary, which he called Longfield. He married Charity Moore (1760-1842) at Dublin in 1790. They had six children, ca. 1791-1800. He was murdered on the front steps of his home. Descendants listed, especially descendants of his son, Edward Thomas Long (1799-1875), who immigrated to the United States in 1854 and died at Ironton, Wisconsin, lived in Ireland, England, Wisconsin, Ontario, Manatoba, Illinois, New York, California Sakatchewan, Alberta and elsewhere.
Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) is essentially the father of modern flute playing. Drawing on previously unavailable material from a private archive in Paris, Blakeman describes and evaluates Taffanel's life, career, and works, with particular reference to his influence as founder of the modern French School of flute playing.
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The second edition of Susan J. Maclagan’s A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist presents clear and concise definitions of more than 1,600 common flute-related terms that a player of the Boehm-system or Baroque flute may encounter. Fully illustrated with more than 150 images, the entries describe flute types, flute parts; playing techniques; acoustics; articulations; intonation; common ornaments; flute-making and repairs; flute history; flute music books, and many more topics. Unique to the second edition are entries on beatbox techniques and muscles of the face and throat. Entries now also feature bibliographic cross-references for further research. Carefully labeled illustrations for many f...
Barráere had a major impact on the development of the flute & flute pedagogy in the U.S. during the 20th century. This biography covers his formative years in Paris and his years with the New York Symphony & the Institute of Musical Art, where he founded the woodwind department.
In this evocative and moving book, composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford shares the vivid musical experiences – good, bad and occasionally hilarious – that have shaped his life. Ford’s musical journey has traversed genres and continents, and his loves are broad and deep. The Memory of Music takes us from his childhood obsession with the Beatles to his passion for Beethoven, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Stockhausen and Birtwistle, and to his work as a composer, choral conductor, concert promoter, critic, university teacher and radio presenter. The Memory of Music is more than a wonderful memoir – it also explores the nature and purpose of music: what it is, why it means so much to us and ...
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