QUANTZ, JOHANN JOACHIM

yōˈhän yōˈäkhĭm kvänts, 1697–1773, German flutist and composer for the flute. In 1741 he became chamber musician and teacher of the flute to Frederick the Great, for whom Quantz wrote more than 500 pieces, including flute sonatas and concertos. He also wrote a famous textbook for the flute, Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversière zu spielen (1752), which was translated into French, English, and Dutch, and invented several improvements upon the instrument.

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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Master and His Work
Book by Wilibald Gurlitt, Oliver C. Rupprecht; Concordia Publishing, 1957
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750
...Public, Germanys 18th century musical 66 Quantz, Johann Joachim 126 Rationalism, era of 69 Reinken, Johann Adam 36 , 96 - 97 Rhau, Georg 101 Romance...Scarlatti 64 , 90 Scheidt, Samuel 58 Schein, Johann Hermann 101 Schnitger organ 96 Schuebler...
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Johann Sebastian: A Tercentenary Celebration
Book by Seymour L. Benstock; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750--Criticism And Interpretation
...that the popularity of the instrument grew by leaps and bounds. One need only recall that Buffardins student, Johann Joachim Quantz, became the private flute teacher of Frederick the Great and the music director of his court. The social status...
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J.S. Bach
Book by Malcolm Boyd, John Butt; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750--Dictionaries
Q Quantz, Johann Joachim b. 30 Jan. 1697; d. 12 July 1773...Dresden, where he most likely met Bach. Quantz first met Crown Prince Frederick of...until his death in Potsdam. In Dresden Quantz composed numerous trio sonatas, three...
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The Social and Religious Designs of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Book by Michael Marissen; Princeton University Press, 1995
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750--Brandenburgische Konzerte
...Studien zum Instrumentarium Johann Sebastian Bachs mit besonderer...Tubingen University, 1979. Quantz, Johann Joachim. On Playing the Flute. Rev...New York: Schirmer, 1985. Quantz, Johann Joachim. Versuch einer Anweisung dieFlote...
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Bach, the Goldberg Variations
Book by Peter Williams; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750--Goldberg-Variationen
...Louis, 19 , 45 Mattheson, Johann, 17 , 18 Mendelssohn, Felix...see Bach Obituary Pachelbel, Johann, 30 , 61 Palestrina, Pierluigi...Purcell, Henry, 33 , 38 , 39 Quantz, Johann Joachim, 105 Quintilian, 101 , 102 Raison...
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Music Received
Journal article by David Knapp; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 62, 2005
...available separately. $125. Quantz, Johann Joachim. Six Quartets for Flute, Violin...separately. $80 (set) Schenck, Johann. Le nymphe di Rheno, per due...FOR PIANO OR HARPSICHORD Bach, Johann Sebastian. Clavier-Ubung I...
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Beethoven's Sonata in A-flat Major, Opus 110: Music of Amiability, Lament, and Restoration
Journal article by William Meredith; The Beethoven Journal, Vol. 17, 2002
...teacher, and composer Johann Joachim Quantz wrote in his seminal...external" meanings, as Quantz explains); and (2...R. ..r (1786), Johann Jakob Heinse (1795...trace? To borrow from Quantz, what "mixture of ideas...
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A Solution for Simple (Secco) Theater Recitative
Journal article by Beverly Jerold; Journal of Singing, Vol. 65, 2009
...expression.8 Berlin composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab (1786...harmonic structure, as when flutist Johann Joachim Quantz (1752) criticizes those who...ending the way it is to be sung.27 Johann Friedrich Schuberts vocal method...
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Books Received
Journal article; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
...Dantes Franciscanism"; Amanda D. Quantz, "The Life of the World to Come...Politien dans la poesie latine de Joachim Du Bellay"; Hclene Casanova...and Venngarn"; Simon McKeown, "Johann Joachim Zeuners Emblematic Manuscript for...
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Books Received
Journal article; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
...Franciscans"; Amanda D. Quantz, "At Prayer in the...und die Renaissance"; Joachim Kupper, "Zu einigen...Karlheinz Stierle, "Joachim Du Bellays Heureuz que...Justin Stagl, "Johann Heinrich Boeclers reisetheoretische...Das Hodoeporicon des Johann Caspar Marsch (1673...


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Rediscovering Classical Keyboard Style
Magazine article by Carol Lei Breckenridge; American Music Teacher, Vol. 55, April 2006
Subjects: Keyboard instruments--Design and construction, Musicians--Technology application
...significant are these four: Johann Joachim Quantz, On Playing the Flute (1752...Da Capo, 1974. Mattheson, Johann. Der Vollkommene Capellmeister...Oxford University Press, 1951. Quantz, Johann Joachim. On Playing the Flute, 1752...
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Joseph Haydn and the German Nation: A Subject and Servant of Europe's Most Cosmopolitan Empire, the Composer Joseph Haydn Played an Important Role in the Emergence of German Cultural Nationalism during the 18th and 19th Centuries
Magazine article by Tim Blanning; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009
Subjects: Composers--Appreciation, Composers--Works, Haydn, Joseph--Appreciation, Haydn, Joseph--Works
...Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773), Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783), Carl Heinrich...
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A Guide to Authentic Performance Practice in Handel's Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Concerto VI, Op. 4
Magazine article by Kathy Bundock Moore; American Harp Journal, Vol. 22, Winter 2009
Subjects: Baroque music--Appreciation, Concerto VI, Op. 4 (Musical work), Handel, George Frideric--Works, Harp--Usage, Harps--Usage, Music, Baroque--Appreciation
...transversiere zu spielen) by Johann Joachim Quantz (1752), translated by Edward...8) ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Quantz further states that short cadenzas...1776. Bd.V. S.) 415. (3) Johann J. Quantz, On Playing the Flute, trans...
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Creativity and Cadenzas in the Studio
Magazine article by Sion M. Honea; American Music Teacher, Vol. 57, December 2007
Subjects: Architects--Influence, Creative ability--Study and teaching, Creativity--Study and teaching, Fowler, Charles--Influence, Music education--Methods, Music in education--Methods, Music teachers--Personal narratives
...century practice. Both Tartini and Quantz also provide useful recommendations...Herman Moeck, 1961), 117-25; Johann Joachim Quantz, On Playing the Flute, trans...University, 1976), 181-86; Johann Adam Hiller, Treatise of Vocal...
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Organ Playing from Bach to Mendelssohn
Magazine article by Sandra Soderlund; The American Organist, Vol. 41, November 2007
...difficult" keys. His student Johann Philipp Kirnberger wrote: One...his then nine-year-old son. Johann Forkel, Bachs first biographer...Bachs playing was also described by Johann Joachim Quantz, Emanuel Bachs colleague at the...
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Quantz, Johann Joachim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUANTZ, JOHANN JOACHIM yo han yo akhim kvants, 1697 1773, German flutist and composer for...musician and teacher of the flute to Frederick the Great, for whom Quantz wrote more than 500 pieces, including flute sonatas and concertos...


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