| 单词 | transverse flute |
| 释义 | > as lemmastransverse flute The flute of the ancients, whether single or double, was blown through a mouthpiece at the end. About the middle of the 18th cent. this was entirely superseded by the transverse flute or German flute, which is blown through an orifice at the side near the upper end.extracted from fluten.1transverse flute transverse flute n. see flute n.1 1; (now the usual name when specification is required; see also cross-flute n. at cross- comb. form 2, German adj., Querflöte n. 1, traverso n., etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > transverse flutes German flute1718 traversière1740 flauto traverso1753 traversa1786 cross-flute1876 flûte d'amour1876 Querflöte1876 third flute1876 transverse flute1879 traverso1879 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 536/1 It is held obliquely towards the right side of the player, like the modern transverse flute. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 525/1 Querflöte,..‘Cross’ or ‘transverse flute’, i.e. the modern flute as distinct from the recorder or Blockflöte. 1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 53/3 Back in medieval times the different playing positions of the two instruments had provided a means of distinction..: hence the use of..Querflöte, or Querpfeife (German, cross flute) for the transverse flute. 1980 Early Music 8 313/1 Byzantine musical culture decisively influenced much of the corpus of musical instruments, including..the organ, transverse flute and the bowed instruments. < as lemmas |
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