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Encyclopedia > Flute choir

A flute choir is an instrumental ensemble consisting entirely of instruments from the flute family. Typically it will include piccolo 1-2, flute 1-4, alto flute, and bass flute, but may include other harmony flutes such as the contra-alto flute, contrabass flute, and double contrabass flute. In total size it may range from a chamber group of eight or so players to a band of forty or more. The piccolo is a small flute. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. ... A bass flute The bass flute is the bass member of the flute family. ... The contra-alto flute (also called subcontrabass flute in G or subcontrabass flute) is one of the largest instruments in the flute family. ... The contrabass flute is one of the rarer members of the flute family. ... The double contrabass flute (sometimes also called octobass flute or subcontrabass flute) is the largest and lowest pitched flute in the world. ...


Works for Flute choir

Henry Brant Henry Brant (born September 15, 1913) is a highly significant California-based composer of art music based on spatialization and limited aleatory. ...

  • Ghosts & Gargoyles, a concerto for flute solo with flute orchestra
  • Angels and Devils (1932) for Flute choir

James Code

  • Vaporization-Condensation (1990) for Five Flutes

See also

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... A flute concerto is a concerto for solo flute and instrumental ensemble, customarily the orchestra. ... A flute quartet is a musical term for a type of chamber group. ...

External links

  • Columbia Flute Choir
  • Woodbridge Flute Choir


 
 

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