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Featured  Composer

Jean-Louis Tulou
1786 – 1865
 
Arguably a virtuoso flutist of his time, Tulou was a flutist at the Paris Opera, a prolific composer of flute music, and  professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire from 1829 – 1859. A vociferous opponent of the new Boehm-system flute, Tulou was largely responsible for the Conservatoire failing to adopt the new flute in 1840.  Tulou  firmly believed that the tone of the flute should closely resemble the human voice, and he argued that the new Boehm flute did not retain the “traditional sound” of the flute, as it should.  Tulou’s 1850 “Methode de Flute”, which was written for the “old” flute, and dismissive of the Boehm system, was adopted by the Conservatoire as the official flute instruction book.  Tulou  resigned from his position at the Conservatoire as the Boehm flute was finally about to become the official flute of the Paris Conservatoire in 1860.

Selected Music
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 Welsh Air and Variations Op48 (ed.Milanovich)
Nocturne Op48
Introduction & Variations of Rossini
Op102 Three Easy Duets (parts only)
Op103 Three Easy Duets (parts only)
Op72 Three Grand Duos (parts only)
Souvenir Anglais Op51 (ed.deReede) (sc&pts)