Handel's use of flute and recorder in opera and oratorio

Handel uses flutes or recorders in 125 pieces in his operas and oratorios. Flutes appear most frequently in the keys of E minor and B minor, and the relative major keys of G major and D major, and recorders in the keys of F major, B♭ major, and the relative minor keys of D minor and G minor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cornsweet, Amy, 1956-
Other Authors: Boe, John
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1990
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291499