Six Lectures On The Recorder And Other Flutes In Relation To Literature

By Christopher Welch, William Shakespeare, John 1608-1674 Milton, et al.

Where words end, flutes begin. In Six Lectures on the Recorder and Other Flutes in Relation to Literature, nineteenth-century scholar Christopher Welch brings the quiet voice of early music into sharp, elegant focus. Drawn from a celebrated lecture collection on music, these music history lectures explore how the recorder and its kindred flutes echo through European writing, from scholarly treatises to imaginative storytelling. It is at once a classic musicology book and a graceful meditation on literature and musical instruments, illuminating the cultural life of early music instruments and the antique woodwind instruments that shaped baroque and renaissance music. Welch combines historical precision with literary sensitivity, making this volume equally rewarding for curious listeners, for early music students, and as a reliable reference for musicologists. His readings of historical flutes in literature place technical discussion within a broader history of the recorder and its symbolic presence, offering insight into how instruments travel from performance spaces onto the page. First published in the age when modern musicology was taking shape, it stands as a key work in the historical music scholarship collection surrounding woodwind traditions and their reception. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354447716
• ISBN13: 9789354447716
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"