The Flute Explained (Ward I, Cornelius)

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Work Title The Flute Explained
Alternative. Title The Flute Explained: being an examination of the principles of its structure and action and an account of its past and present state, with other original information important to the flutist and the musician
Composer Ward I, Cornelius
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
First Publication. 1844
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation flute

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A considerable portion of the matter relating to the structure and action of the Flute embodied in the following pages, formed part of a paper which was submitted to, and read at the Section appropriated to Mechanical Science, at the last meeting of the British Association, held at Cork. It was accompanied by one of the Patent Flutes, and excited considerable attention.