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Thread #112368   Message #2381040
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
04-Jul-08 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: The Weekly Walkabout
Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout
I play recorder, and I was interested to see Walkabout's term 'English flute.' Sure enough, my dictionary simply says:

English flute. Music. a recorder

I HAVE heard the term German flute for a transverse flute. In fact, I have just attended an early music workshop where we saw the cover for a book of Scottish music published in the 18th C and suitable for 'German flute.' The music was published in Paris.

(Henry the VIII, the English king, was a recorder player.)

Walkabouts, I went to your page and listened. I like the pretty tune for Tees and Tyneside.