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2. Carmen—Sullivan—The Golden Legend—Coleridge-Taylor—Wagner—Tschaïkowsky—R. Strauss—Passages of extreme difficulty ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHAPTER XII. FLUTE IN CHAMBER MUSIC. "The neglected wind"—Chamber pieces by great composers—Spohr's Nonett—Pieces for wind and pianoforte—For wind and strings—For wind alone—Larger combinations—For flutes alone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER XIII. FAMOUS FLAUTISTS. Section I.—Foreign players—Quantz—Frederick the Great—Royal flautists—Early French players—Hugot—Berbiguier—Tulou—Drouet—Furstenau—Doppler—Dorus—Demersseman—Ciardi—Briccialdi—Ribas—Terschak—Altes—Taffanel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. Section II.—British players—Early performers—Ashe—Charles Nicholson—Richardson—Clinton—Pratten—B. Wells—Henry Nicholson—Svendsen—Principal living flautists ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. CHAPTER XIV. BRITISH AND FOREIGN STYLES COMPARED. Statistics—Style of performance—English, French, Italian, German—Böhm's opinion—Foreign players of note ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. CHAPTER XV. WOMAN AND THE FLUTE. Suitability—Female players in classic times—More recent flautistes—English flautistes of to-day—American flautistes—Female composers for the flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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