Flute Resources: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist presents clear and concise definitions of more than 1,500 common flute-related terms that a player of the Boehm-system flute may encounter. Fully illustrated with more than 100 images, the entries contain descriptions of words related to all aspects of the flute: flute types, flute parts, flute repair, playing techniques, acoustics, articulations, intonation, common ornaments, flutemaking, flute history, flute music books, and more. Susan Maclagan has thoroughly researched and classified each term, including important flute words that have caused confusion or not been clearly defined previously, listing them alphabetically with concise, in-depth definitions. Carefully labeled illustrations for many flute types, parts, mechanisms, and accessories help to make the definitions easier to visualize. The entries also consist of brief biographies of more than 50 significant names in the flute community worldwide. Several appendixes provide further information on subjects like flute classifications, types of modern Boehm-system flutes and their parts, key and tone hole names, head joint options, and orchestra and opera audition excerpts. Two articles, Checking Your Flute Tuning and Scale by the flutist and pedagogue Trevor Wye ”who also contributed the foreword ”and Flute Clutches by the historian David Shorey, are also included, as well as an extensive bibliography.

The eagerly awaited second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians will be published in November 2000 in print and online. With the inspiration of new discoveries and the emergence of modern research, the scope and depth of The New Grove II has broadened beyond all previous boundaries. Consistent with the Grove tradition for reliable and authoritative scholarship, The New Grove II Online will set the standard for online publishing. The distinguished and renowned editorial quality of The New Grove becomes still more powerful when coupled with the dynamic nature of the Internet.