Flauto-Piccolo in Bach
toral Symphony and the flute and bassoon passages in the finale to Mozart's Symphony in C.
I have only noticed two instances in the cantatas of the use of the "flauto piccolo" (probablyFlauto-
Piccolo
in Bach a small flute-à-bec); in No. 96 it is given a very florid part, without any flute; and in No. 103 it is employed to express the joy of the world, in the midst of which the flute interjects a short melancholy motif by way of contrast.
Bach has, in his flute parts, anticipated almost every device adopted by more recent composers, save that he
Bach, Suite in B minor.—Polonaise.
![\new GrandStaff <<
\new Staff = "flute" \with {
instrumentName = "FLUTE."
midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
\key d \major
\time 3/4
b16\mf d fis b
ais fis b fis
cis fis c( d32 e)
d'( cis b ais b16) fis
e32( fis g fis e d cis b
ais16) g' fis e
d32( cis b cis d e fis g
a!16) g32( fis) g16 d'
fis, d' e, cis'
d_"etc."
}
\new Staff = "bass" \with {
instrumentName = "BASS."
midiInstrument = "acoustic bass"
} \relative c' {
\transposition c'
\clef bass
\key d \major
\time 3/4
b8. d16 cis8 b ais8. b32 cis
b8. d16 cis8 b cis16 b ais cis
\autoBeamOff
b8.[ d16] cis8[ b a! g]
fis16_"etc."
}
>>
\layout {
indent = 2\cm
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/p/kp33tk5i2xgi4odnbvarct8oinhf3iu/kp33tk5i.png)
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