Flute pedagogy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: A comparative study of the flute treatises of Hotteterre, Corrette, Quantz and Boehm

This thesis compares the treatises of four prominent flute pedagogues of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Jacques Hotteterre, Michel Corrette, J. J. Quantz, and Theobald Boehm. The paper focuses on the performance practices of each treatise and analyzes their influence on the present-day flutist.;Modern musicians must study and apply performance practices of past eras in order to produce music in a historically correct manner. The flute treatises examined in this thesis present diverse pedagogical and performance practices from which the contemporary musician can learn. Through the examination of methods used by flutists of previous centuries, the present-day flutist not only discovers performance practices valuable for his/her own performance, but gains further understanding of the instrument's evolution.